i just christie smith, "nbc bay area news." >>> a matter of life and death. that's how house speaker nancy pelosi is describing the nation's health care debate. she and other california politicians are in san francisco for the health care for all americans weekend. she also called out senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying he should let the senate vote on the issue. >> all we're saying to senator mcconnell is give us a vote. do your job, right, jackie? right, michael? do your job, give us a vote. the american people understand what this means. >> pelosi says among the work that needs to be done is improving the affordable care act. >>> a rare move by president trump. the president is backtracking saying he would contact authorities if a foreign government tried to give him damaging information about an opponent, this after he ridiculed the idea earlier this week.

nbc bay area's christy smith joins us live from outside sacred heart church to explain. christie. >> reporter: this was about making sure people in the community know where police stand in clearing up any misconceptions, especially as concern may be growing about the potential for i.c.e. sweeps. and people we spoke with say it was something they needed to hear. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: hundreds of people fering reassurances in d uncertain times. >> we're one nation, and we're one city. and we'll do whatever we can to support them regardless of their immigration status. >> we are here to protect our otherwise law abiding immigrants, undocumented or not in the city of san jose, but we are not here nor should we be shielding violent or serious criminals. >> reporter: local police won't be part of federal civil immigration enforcement. earlier this month, county supervisors revisited the sanctuary policy, but did not make changes. though nearly every police chief in the county urged supervisors to allow i.c.e. to be notified when a violent criminal was to be released. the outreach ma

reporting live, christy smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, christy. this has exploded into a league wide story. superstar lebron james took to instagram saying there was absolutely no place in the game for this kind of behavior, especially coming from a part owner. and stated -- >> so who exactly is mark stevens? before today, he lived a relatively quiet life. but not any more. he's a billionaire, he owns a little less than 10% of the warriors. his buy-in was $250 million. now, the usc and harvard grad was a managing partner at sequoia capital what he invested in google, paypal and linked in. and served on the board of nvidia. stevens now works at his family firm. here are the offices here on the peninsula. forbes estimates his real net worth at $2.3 billion. his actions last night and the league's response late today speaks volumes. sam brock joins us in oakland where the nba commissioner is also at an event where you are, sam. >> reporter: raj, you mentioned lebron james. he said in that instagram post that he is fearful of privilege, or at least th

christie smith joins us live in south san francisco where the memorial took place. ristie. >> reporter: well, terry, more than 1,000 people expected here today. and it certainly seemed that way. inside there were prayers outside people shared stories with us and can't believe it's happened. >> it's devastating for everybody. >> friends of abdulmalek nasher say they can't believe the husband and father is gone. they goffered at a mosque in san francisco. >> it's a prayer service before a funeral. >> the guy i know has a beautiful daughter and beautiful family he had. he works for them. >> on monday night the cab driver left his pacifica home to pick up a customer. >> he went for that call and his four years old baby followed him to the door. he told her go back. when i come back i'll bring you an ice cream. >> the 32-year-old never made it home. he was found off skyline boulevard in san mateo county. he had been stapd. a second victim found a day later. police arrest add 26-year-old man but the motive is unclear >> they are shocked. he is very well-known to the commun

nbc bay area christy smith joins us outside from sacred heart church. >> the idea was to assure peoplehat police would not take part and clear up misconceptions in this political climate. people we spoke with say it's something they needed to hear. hundreds of people came to this san jose church. the mayor and police chief addressed parish innners. >> we are not here or shielding violent or serious criminals. >> county supervisors revisited the sanctuary policy but did not make changes. every police chief in the county except sunny vvale allowed ice be notified when a dangerous criminal was released. >> this is important for us. we hear so many things. >> the police union served food. this woman did not want to be identified but says there is tension in her company. >> after this new president came, all the immigrant community, we're very scared. >> reporter: the event was set up before talk of mass ice sweeps. the president says he delayed mass deportation that was expected today. the mayor says it is important to reach out. >> we're one nation and we're one city. and we'll do whateve

nbc bay area's christy smith has the story. >> reporter: video posted to social media shows what some call target down. this is the scene at a store in oregon, same story in milwaukee, sacramento, novato, san jose. frustrated shoppers at a stand still could not check out at the register. most complain that target was not explaining. but a shopper in sacramento says she heard why. >> we were just shopping around and there was an overhead page that said all the systems were down in target and nobody could buy anything. >> reporter: some people abandoned their red carts full ofrchandise, others coming up. >> reporter: valleyery leechld near the koma store. target released a statement saying the outage lasted two hours, an internal tech issue. adding after an initial but thorough review, we can confirm this was not a data breach or a security related issue. and no information was compromised at any time. mariah came later and says the self-check out was down and she it didn't want to wait. were you able to buy anything? >> no. there were too many people. i just left. >> reporter: christy

christie smith has more on the unexpected interruption. >> reporter: well, all of the candidates got their time on re was a moment where a demonstrator jumped on stage when senator kamala harris was on stage and grabbed a microphone and was trying to talk about a cause, but in the room we couldn't hear him. and he was quickly rushed off. eight of the 2020 presidential hopefuls in a very crowded field gave their pitch. a big idea. and they talked about what they believe are the pressing issues. >> we really wanted to ensure that every migrant who has come to this country of migrants and asyl asylum-seekers and refugees were treated with the dignity and respect they serve. >> we have the chance in 2020 to take it all and make this country work. >> reporter: they gathered at move on big ideas forum at the warfield theater and the event went as planned until a person jumped on stage as kamala harris spoke. he was rushed off. he said afterwards that he had reached out to the campaign to ask them to take animal rights and climate catastrophe more seriously but didn't get far. >> i was tryi

christie smith is tracking the negotiations and joins us in hayward. >> a district spokesperson just told me that bargaining has ended for the day. no deal yet, but both sides certainly know what's at stake. this has been going on for nine long days now. some teachers are still sitting around waiting for their team to come out. but tony thurman's input was welcome and his message was stay at it, get it done. striking teachers from union city and south hayward gathered in hayward park for bargaining going on just a block away. both sides joined by state superintendent of public instruction, tony thurman. >> i'm hoping that the state superintendent can help our superintendent to accept the facts. >> new haven unified school district teachers have been on strike for nine days. mostly over teacher pay. >> these are difficult conversations. teachers want to be in their classes. >> school ends june 13th, and there's still work to do. graduation ceremonies are on. some smaller events were cancelled. a district spokesperson characterized talks this way. >> i would say we're seeing some movem

let's bring in christie smith from napa county where people trying to beat the heat there, and also, christie, keeping a close eye on that fire in yolo county. >> that's right. it certainly is hot out here. and people are glad to have their power back on. we heard mixed reaction to it being shut off yesterday, but people say it's just something they'll have to get used to. >> that's what really brought us out. >> reporter: the hot weather got people out to lake berryessa to cool off. but high fire danger did not go unnoticed. >> it really is scary. just to be safe, be cautious, what you do, where you go. >> our power was off yesterday from about 6:00 in the morning until early evening. it was turned off by pg&e. >> reporter: dee eva is staying today at the pines neighborhood. she is relieved the power is back on, but it's only june, and there is a long summer ahead. >> we understand the need to turn it off to prevent further fires, especially with the wind that we've been having. so we're considering that our new normal, unfortunately. >> reporter: yesterday, people here used generato

. >>.coming up at 11:30, christie smithing will have a closer look at today's meeting. > president trump is putting more pressure on iran promising major sanctions tomorrow further crip counsel iran's economy. the president gave an exclusive interview today with chuck todd from "meet the press." jennifer johnson has the story. >> reporter: president trump tightening the grip on iran tweeting we are putting major additional sanctions on iran on monday. the u.s. trying to further crip counsel iran's struggling economy to stop its nuclear buildup. >> i'm not looking for war. if there is, it will be obliteration like you've never seen before but i'm not looking to do that. you can't have a nuclear weapon. >> in an interview, chuck todd on "meet the press," he says he's willing to hold talks with iran with no pre-existing conditions. >> if you want to talk about it, good. otherwise, you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come. >> reporter: on thursday night, the president called off strikes against iran after the downing of a unable drone which the u.s. military says was in in

christie smith is in the city with the latest. >> reporter: talk of a potential sunday raid on thousands of undocumented immigrants spread quickly in san francisco. >> this notion they're going to do this massive sweeping enforcement in targeted cities, it's offensive. >> reporter: this woman is with carecen, the central american resource center. she wants people to be informed but no afraid. >> it's important to note this promise he will deport thousands of people is a logistical challenge. i think even i.c.e. would admit that. >> reporter: the raids will target people who came to the country illegally as children and are now 18 and those who have been given deportation notices but haven't left. critics believe he is trying to instill fear and get attention. >> he is looking at folks who have removal orders. a lot of these people are members of our community who have been living here for a very long time. >> reporter: on the other side, deportation supporters say, it's about time. >> i think the president is right. this has been going on for a very long time now. something has to be don

reporting live in south san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thanks so much, christie >>> moving to the weather now fire crews keeping a close eye on things deal with another warmup. looking live at traffic cameras across the bay area. gorges looking out there. but, yeah, it's hot vianey. >> how hot does it get. >> hot. still in the 80s check it out south bay 85 tri-valleys a hot 88 through the north bay still dealing with 90 degree temperatures. right now at 5:00 a lot of folks i bet had to urn turn on a/c. i want to show you the 24-hour temperature change. running 10 degrees warmer at this hour than yesterday. including in concord, sunnyvale, santa rosa. san francisco is running about 12 degrees warmer compared to at this hour yesterday. and here a look at our 24 hour max temperatures. these are unofficial. but concord, 957. livermore, 93. santa rosa. 95. the san jose 81. and at the airport in san francisco, hit unofficial high again of 81 degrees. we still have the. . that's expected to continue to dominate into tomorrow which means more hot weather. we're watching

christie smith has more from napa county. >> that's what really brought us out. >> reporter: the hotot people out to lake barry to cool off. but high fire danger did not go unnoticed. >> it really is scary. just be safe, be cautious what you do, where you go. >> our power was off yesterday from about 6:00 in the morning to early evening. it was turned off by pg&e. >> this lady is staying in the neighborhood. she's relieved the power is back on, but it's only june. >> we're considering this our new normal unfortunately. >> reporter: yesterday, people here used generators as pg&e cut power to 1,700 customers to prevent wild fires. the utility equipment was blamed in last year's deadly campfire. and two fires broke out yesterday, one in the county. >> that one's closer, so i don't know if we're getting the smoke from that fire or the yolo county fire or both. >> this lady wants the utility to do more. losing power is tough and gas is tough. >> we try to make sure we fill up the gas cans for the generator and we have food that we can eat without power, without a microwave, without a stov

nbc bay area's christie smith has more from napa county. >> that's what really brought us out. >> reporter: the hot weather got people out to lake berryessa to cool off, but hot fire danger didn't go unnoticed. >> it really is scary. just to be safe, be cautious, what you do, where you go. >> our power was off yesterday from about 6:00 in the morning until early evening. it was turned off by pg&e. >> reporter: she is staying in the berryessa pines neighborhood and is relieved the power is back on, but it's only june, and there's a long summer ahead. >> we understand it need to turn it off to prevent further fire, especially with the wind we've been having. so we're considering that our new normal, unfortunately. >> reporter: yesterday people used generates as pg&e cut power to 1,700 customers to prevent wildfires. the utilities equipment was blamed in last year's deadly campfire. today people near lake berryessa know two fires broke out yesterday, one in the county. >> that one's closer, so i don't know if we're getting the smoke from that fire or from the yolo county fire or both. >> repo

live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. three homes on fire in en on 47th street near san bab low and spre -- pablo. still no word on the r the cause. this time in san leandro at an apartment complex. everyone got out safely including a maltese poodle. >> a theater could be back on the come back trail. the city council approved a so-called density transfer. the developer buys and donates the theater's property to the nonprofit park theatre trust. in return they are green lighted in another spot. the historic park theater opened in 1941. it closed in 2005 because it was losing money. >>> despite an uptick, mortgage rates remain historically low. the lower rates are bringing out more buyers, fueling competit n competitioeains are widening ane median price of a home sold in may rose 4%anrgt jump in severa including to red fin. >> nbc bay area partnered with the make a wish foundation for a telethon yesterday. garvin thomas was there as well as our reporters. they spoke with donors all day. 1.2 millionaire miles were donated. t

reporter: police also went out of their way to commend the worker in the sre reporting live, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you very much. a rescue mission in pacifica after a driver plunged after 150 feet down into the ravine. firefighters and rescue crew had to rescue them. paramedics took the drivers to the hospital. >>> a plane crashed into the water. witnesses called 911 after seeing the plane hit some power lines and plunge into the water. this is a picture that was taken right after it happened. the sheriff department says the pilot was the only person oard the crash. no word on what may have caused the crash or the condition or the identity of the pilot. >> some sad news hanging ov st. an undergraduate an on campuswe don't have the student's identity. police say there is no safety threat to anyone on campus. this is the fourth student death at stanford, it has been reported since last february. >>> stanford celebrated its 128 commencement today, tim cook, the officer of apple was the featured speaker. cook talked about stanford and silicon valley being woven together.

nbc bay area's christie smith has been tracking the negotiations all day long. she is live in hayward with where we stand right now. christie. >> reporter: bargaining has ended for the day and no deal. a couple of minutes ago i had a chance sfor a proposal but was they expected. meanwhile tony thurman was here with a message to keep talking and get it done. dozens of striking teachers gathered in a park around the corner from where negotiations were held, talks that for the first time included the state's top educator, state superintendent of public instruction tony thurman. >> these are difficult conversations. teachers want to be in their classes. they don't want to be on strike. >> reporter: the key issue is teacher salaries in the new haven unified school district. >> i am hoping that the state superintendent can help our superintendent to accept the facts. >> reporter: the nine-day strike comes as the end of the school year looms and there's still work to do. graduation ceremonies are on, but some smaller events are being cancelled. the district spokesperson

christie smith spent the day in vacaville, and she has the story for us. >> reporter: this is the video vacaville police posted to social media. they say five people were involved. they went into an outlet store with hoods on. one filled their own bag. others helped themselves to arm loads of clothes and walked out. >> we usually don't see this kind of a theft. usually it's someone runs in, grabs something and runs out. >> reporter: this was more casual, even as alarms went off at the tommy hilfiger store. it happened last sunday after the store opened, and today they shared new pictures. >> when they first entered the store, the employees thought something was up. they asked them to leave but refused and became verbally aggressive with employees. >> reporter: the workers did what police would expect of them, became good witnesses. outside the group went to a silver chevy suv with a front license plate that was missing and the back was covered with a garbage bag. neighbors around vacaville today were stunned. >> it's scary when you see those people. you don't know what they have on them

christie smith is in the city with the latest. >> reporter: talk of a potential sunday raid on thousands of undocumented immigrants spread quickly in san francisco. >> this notion they're going to do this massive sweeping enforcement in targeted cities, it's offensive. >> reporter: this woman is with carecen, the central american resource center. she wants people to be informed but no afraid. >> it's important to note this promise he will deport thousands of people is a logistical challenge. i think even i.c.e. would admit that. >> reporter: the raids will target peo

reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> you can watch our community sirztreets of san francisco. relief is on the way for bart riders. the red tape holding them back from relieving crowded trains is gone. they have given them $300 million to pay for the project that allows bart to run more trains in peak hours meaning shorter wait times. >> the project has been a year delayed and it's not fair to the riders and not fair to bart and we need to get this going. >> right now 23 bart trains hopes to get that up to 30 trains per hour, but it takes over a decade to get to that point. >> a scandal in contra costa county. the leader is asking for the prosecutor to step down. the assessor seen here accused of making unwanted sexual remarks dating back to 2013. the lawyer said he will file a motion to recuse the district attorney, but did not say why. the state attorney general could take over this case. >> the u.s. olympic committee is changing its name and now be lyic and paralympic committee. the board of directors said the change is meant to include and celebrate

christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. we have morehe fire. this is a closer look called the caribou palermo line north of sacramento. it runs past orville and paradise and through the plume as national forest. how pg&e inspections since the wildfire have turned up hundreds of safety issues along the 56-mile long transmission line. the utility said, among the most serious issues they discovered, one out of is on this power line. pg&e is shutting it down and delivering power to northern areas of california through other transmission lines already in place. >> two murders in 24 hours. both bodies found along the same road not far from each other. now the county sheriff is trying to figure out. tonight they have a suspect in at least one of the killings. nbc joinings us live from the hall of justice with what unf d unfolded in the past hours. >> they don't know if the person they arrested is connected to the first murder victim. that victim's wife said she heard of the suspect before. new information about a man found stabbed and screaming for he

let's begin with christy smith at the oracle. >> reporter: today, there was a lot of support for kyleelf in a difficult situation. he said he was shoved and cursed at, and only learned later it was the warsriors co-owner.

reporting live in coma christie smith. >> thank you very much. target not the only company with asaturday. american airlines trying to get back to normal right now. after an equipment issue triggered the massive backups at sfo. dozens took to twitter to complaint about waiting more than four hours just to get to the ticket counter. many say they missed flights. including a father and daughter trying to get to france for the world cup. americans say the problems gone when several airport x-ray machines stopped. airlines says the problem is resolved and they are working with passengers who missed flights. >> we arrived at this nice surprise where nothing was happening. the line up was not moving. and so, yeah, they redirected to a new flight for tomorrow morning. >> customers are telling us americ that. >>> update to the breaking news we brought you last night a shooting at a costco in corona in riverside county. one of the people hurt is a los angeles police officer. he was offut at the time. the offers was treated and released at a hospital. also

christy smith joins us live in san jose with more on that. >> reporter: terry, they spoke at the end of mass here in san jose. this was set up well before the president's recent tweets. but the idea was really to reassure the community that they are supported. nearly 500 people were inside the church when the chief and mayor spoke to the crowd. the police officers association cooked and offered food outside. now, you may recall earlier this month county supervisors revisited the sanctuary policy but did not make changes. though, nearly every police chief in the county except sunnyvale urged ice when a violent criminal was to be released. president trump called off mass immigration sweeps that were expected today saying he would wait two weeks at the request of democrats. today san jose's police chief and mayor said people should be clear and informed as tensions may rise in some communities. >> our message has been that we are here to protect our otherwise law-abiding immigranted, documented or not in san jose but we're not here, nor should we be shielding violent or serious criminal

reports live, christy smith. >> thanks very much. >>> police are still looking for the person who shot and killed a man last night along interstate 80. happened about 6:00. the chp responded to a crash near orangerive in the old nut tree complex. they found a man had been shot. he died at the scene. his pickup was nearby. several bullet holes in it. police don't have much information about the shooter. they're hoping witnesses can help them out. >>> a big week ahead for president trump as he launches his bid for re-election on tuesday. the president has a message for voters who are on the fence. he didn't collude with russia in 2016 and he is responsible for the robust economy. the message comes as the new poll shows that many americans want congress to start the impeachment process. jennifer johnson has that story in washington. >> reporter: four years ago sunday, donald trump announced his candidacy for president. on tuesday president trump will launch his re-election bid in orlando, florida. >> safety, security, great economy. i think i have done more than any other first term presi

one spark is going to set >> that was christie smith on the fire line. she's keeping an eye on the situation. of course, jeff ranieri keeping an eye on our red flag warning. he tweeted about it. you can follow him on twitter. his handle @jeffranieri. >>> did a homeowner have a change of heart? take a look down below. the nasa symbol is covered -- the nazi symbol is covered in blankets. particularly the poud -- the power puff girls blanket. this is what it looked like earlier. the county doesn't have any authority to tell the homeowner to remove the swastika. but it appears as though he decided to rethink his landscaping choice. he claims the ball is never represented hate -- the ball is never represented hate. he simply liked the design. >>> banning one. silicon valley's largest companies because they don't show enough pride. that's what former and current google employees are and they google now to be excluded from this month's pride parade. nbc bay area's sam brock reached out and joins us live. where do things stand right now? >> reporter: let's put t

christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> two problematic trains under gone a series of improvements are now back in service in muni. the train has sensors to prevent the back doors from closing on people. the upgrades come after three passengers were hurt by the rear doors in the last year and half. transit leaders will gradually replace the rest of the 150 trains. >>> at 9:30. the first night of the democratic debate is in the books. we'll go back live to miami with more reaction and plus analysis from our political analyst. >>> he's the husband of the real housewives. one of the victims is accusing him of stealing money. we investigate, next. nbc bay area broadcast home of the giants. friday at 7:00. >>> we are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change. we are the last that can do something about it. >> a lot is happening right now at 9:30. who stood out and who's going to fade away? ten democrats hoping to be president, trying to make a lasting impression in front of a national tv audience. we air the debate exclusively here on nbc. tonight and tomorrow pivotal for the

in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> up next, the tension between the u.s. and iran escalating. an american drone shot down. what will the u.s. do next? >>> accusation of force. we investigate an arrest at a bay area hotel that turned deadly. we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn't that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. >>> right now at 6:30, not just a war of threats after the u.s. says iran shot down a navy drone as the tension intensifies. >> president trump says iran made a big mistake. he hasn't said if he plans to retaliate. this is high stakes diplomacy we're talking about. >> for sure. both countries have no intention to fight but will if they have to. democrats saying this back and fo

nba luminaries are in town for the proceedings and today our christie never down caught up with a couple of big-time luminaries, stephen a smithgary payton and asked them what they thought of the warrior's chances of coming back from this 2-1 deficit? >> i think they can win three straight. if neither of them come back they can to beat the toronto raptors it is too much to ask steph curry to overcome that by himself. >> and in the warriors are in a good position, they may win tomorrow and they make it a three-game series. they have to win one on toronto's floor again. they have players that can do that. >> we will see, i do not know if you follow major league baseball this year in particular but the ball is used to. juiced. home runs are flying out of the yard like crazy at record place, last month, now in the history of the baseball has this many homeruns but hit in the month of may. look at this today. the young pitcher of the giants, john anderson, his fourth pitch of the game. ahmed rosario not a power hitter rides out to right center field, the next batter, dominic smith, even my these are the first two batters of the lin

smith. it's just so rare. >> diane was sentenced to life plus 50 years. diane's surviving kids, christie>> it's very, very unusual. i don't think i've eve a prosecutor adopting the defendant's children. he adopted the victims. and i think that's really heartwarming. >> after diane downs was sentenced, she goes to prison. what nobody knows is that within hours after being born, that baby that diane named amy elizabeth is whisked out of the hospital and secretly driven to a hotel room. >> she met her brand new parents, the babcocks. jackie, stay-at-home mom and her new father chris, who's a chemist. and then they went off and started their new life. >> the babcocks call their baby rebecca, and she's known now as becky. >> when the adoption agency contacted you, you must have been surprised when they told you we have a baby for you, but it's diane downs' baby. >> well, uh, surprised, yes. >> obviously you knew who diane downs was. >> we saw this as a child needing a loving, nurturing family, and we were willing to do that. >> what do you remember about the first time you set eyes on her? >>