here's abc7 news reporter, david louie. >> reporter: by this fall, they could test how autonomous vehicles could improve safety and break the bottle necks drivers curse. >> we could see that it improves safety, and not be a beta test. we want to improve the quality of life for the city. >> reporter: they want two roundtable meetings held earlier this year brainstorming about better ways to link passengers to the mineta san jose airport. self driving cars could be cheaper than a light rain link. and silicon valley has 26 companies working on the technology. >> they are all autonomy. they are going to go elsewhere and leave the valley if we don't give them somewhere to test the cars. we will see proposals from giant companies like google and small companies we have not even heard yet. and reducing fatalities is another goal. in 2014 and 2015, the toll was 23, a 20-year high of pedestrian deaths. >> i am sure there will be a lot of people trying to rush in. >> in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >>> we are hoping for another stunner of a day. i thought yesterday was great once we got through

before we move on for a break, let's update the breaking news, abc7 news reporter david louie reportedct is imminent in the case of three correctional officers on trial for the death of an inmate. we plan to bring you that >>> sky 7 live over oracle arena as we count down to game one of the nba finals, the warriors and the cavs which you can see right here on abc7. so happy to have my old friend here and i'm so envious because you are going to do the play by play for espn spanish channel for espn. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> how many people, how many countries will that broadcast go to? >> u.s., puerto rico, and all of latin america. so, from tijuana to -- and the best part, larry, is we're growing the sport. we're turning soccer fans into hoop fans and specifically into dubs fans. a lot of new converts to dub nation. >> you were telling me the support in latin america, especially for the golden state warriors is just rising so rapidly. >> everybody loves a winner, right? everybody loves the show they put on. but what's surprising to me, for example, in argentina, you can imagi

here's abc news reporter david louie. >> reporter: by this fall san jose could become the first largecity to see its congested streets testing how autonomous vehicles can improve safety and break the bottlenecks that drivers curse. >> we want to ensure this is something that improves safety and not simply becomes a beta test for a company that is at the edge. we want to ensure that we do this in a way that improves the quality of life for our city and that's why we're being proactive. >> reporter: san jose is asking tech companies involved in autonomous vehicles to submit proposals. two round table meetings held earlier this year brainstormed about better ways to link passengers at the downtown cal train station to the san jose airport. self-driving cars might be a lot cheaper than an $800 million light rail link. busy stevens creek boulevard is always choked in traffic. silicon valley has 26 companies working on the technology. >> they're all looking at autonomy, and if we can't give nemanja a place to test and can't give them a place to drive these self-driving cars they're going to

david louie is live at the airport with reaction. >> reporter: the high court trying to come up with a compromise that was not an outright ban. visitors seeking to come to the u.s., or asylum seekers now from six countries will have to come up with specific criteria. the president seems happy about this, but others are not. the muslim community has spent the last month reaffirming its faith. they find themselves trying to digest news that the supreme court is for now allowing a limited travel ban to take effect, until a full hearing can be held in october. the travel ban is expected to be effective in 72 hours to prevent the kind of chaos that impacted those already intransit when first implemented earlier this year. visitors from the countries must present claims of bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the u.s. who will review that and how it will be enforced are unclear. however, there is ccern the ban will create a backlash. >> i doeel that this ban is of great concern with regards to people who may have some predisposed prejudices. we may begin to see some ignorance,

abc7 news reporter david louie is live at the willow and vine streets area at one of those fire sites today. david? >> reporter: dan, san jose fire investigators have not officially declared this the work of an arsonists. but they say the fire is highly suspicious. this store lost its power and had to close for the day. neighbors in this area say that if this is arson, they are very concerned the responsible person is still at large and may be intent on doing more damage. >> any time we have fires that are all coming in around the same time in the vicinity, that is going to be suspicious. >> reporter: the six fires came in two waves. three of them at 2:00 a.m., and the other three about 2 1/2 hours later. most were small involving dumpsters or small piles of debris, but one was major, burning a caged storage area behind a grocery and liquor store on the corner of willow and vine streets. the fire spread inside and damaged two back rooms. >> all the fires are currently open investigation with the unit. they are still gathering information, talking to people, interviewing witnesses and

it's doable. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >> a proposal to put a luxury hotel right on the san francisco waterfront is ruffling a lot of feather tonight. the board of san francisco will discuss the possibility of putting a hotel on pier 35. the space is just steps away from pier 39 and fisherman's wharf as you can see. the building hotel there won't be easy. builders banned hotels on the waterfront nearly 30 years ago. the port said there are no plans to try to change that, but it did commission a study to look at the economic impact of building a 200-room hotel on pier 35. we'll see. >>> facebook shareholders are expected to confront mark zuckerberg over the social network's role in spreading fake news. facebook's annual shareholders meeting is tomorrow. shareholders say facebook has taken steps to address the problem, but hasn't gone far enough. google will also be pressed on fake news at its shareholders meeting next week. >> the principal of a northern california high school is out of a job over accusations he shot at students with a beebe gun. twoly lake high sc

. >> david louie has our story. >> reporter: they've shown up with their resumes.y 17 for paid internships at over 100 silicon valley companies. how nervous are you right now? >> i'm a bit nervous. >> you have been preparing for this? >> yeah. i went through a few classes on internships and resumerom four south bay districts. the internship program is in its second year, a partnership of the schools to public groups, and the silicon valley organization. >> they come in with a different set of skills. you've got to find the activities that meet those skills. and then challenge them. >> reporter: ahmed was one of 41 students who got an internship last year. she's back with stronger skills because of that experience. >> i've learned to manage my time wisely. even when you have many projects on top of projects, you really have to make a list of what you need to get done first, and what can still wait. >> reporter: the employers are impressed that many of the students have taken programming and engineering classes. >> i'm really impressed by the knowledge that they have

david louie has new details. david? >> reporter: lips sealed, that was the instruction of the leaders of the quicksilver swim team after a coach was let go after alleged misconduct. san jose police say there are three known victims so far, all of them minors. yet, san jose police didn't know about this case until may, yet the assistant coach was let go in feb. she knew about timothy months before the parents did. she learned why he had been fired from the team's head coach. >> there was a coach that had been fired after four inappropriate sexual contacts and actions with minors on the team. and they were instructed to keep their mouths shut. and -- but if they had information, to go to the police. >> reporter: he had been with the swim team for about a year. but until his arrest, he was an assistant swim coach at san jose's pioneer high school. no cases of misconduct have been reported a t the school. she reported the alleged conduct to the swimming's top governing bodies, but the one that handles sexual cases did not r

. >> david louie has our story. >> reporter: they've shown up with their resumes.for paid internships at over 100 silicon valley companies. how nervous are you right now? >> i'm a bit nervous. >> you have been preparing for this? >> yeah. i went through a few classes on internships and resume writing. >> reporter: they come from four south bay districts. the internship program is in its second year, a partnership of the schools to public groups, and the silicon valley organization. >> they come in with a different set of skills. you've got to find the activities that meet those skills. and then challenge them. >> reporter: ahmed was one of 41 students who got an internship last year. she's back with stronger skills because of that experience. >> i've learned to manage my time wisely. even when you have many projects on top of projects, you really have to make a list of what you need to get done first, and what can still wait. >> reporter: the employers are impressed that many of the students have taken programming and engineering classes. >> i'm really impressed by

david louie has new details. david? >> reporter: lips sealed, that was the instruction of the leaders of the quicksilver swim team after a coach was let go after alleged misconduct. san jose police say there are three known victims so far, all of them minors. yet, san jose police didn't know about this case until may, yet the assistant coach was let go in feb. she knew about timothy months before the parents did. she learned why he had been fired from the team's head coach. >> there was a coach that had been fired after four inappropriate sexual contacts and actions with minors on the team. and they were instructed to keep their mouths shut. and -- but if they had information, to go to the police. >> reporter: he had been with the swim team for about a year. but until his arrest, he was an assistant swim coach at san jose's pioneer high school. no cases of misconduct have been reported a t the school. she reported the alleged conduct to the swimming's top governing bodies, but the one that handles sexual cases did not r

david louie, abc7 news. >>> san francisco based company is planning to close hundres of stores. they plan to cut their debt by a billion dollars and shut down 375 stores leaving about 1,000 stores open. no word just yet what it means for stores in the bay area. gymbore says it's taken a blow because of competition from rival brick and mortar chains. >>> president trump is facing a lawsuit by two governments. covering it all from washington. >> reporter: today, president trump in his first full cabinet meeting at the white house talked up his accomplishments so far. >> never has there been a president who's passed more plegislation, who's done more things than what we've done. >> reporter: what the administration still hasn't been able to do is get any version of their travel ban passed. today, the ninth circuit court ruled against the revised travel ban that blocks people from six prominent muslim countries from ending for 90 days and suspends the refuge plan for 120 days. >> it's fully lawful and ultimately will be upheld by the supreme court. >> reporter: the same day the atto

. >> abc7 news reporter david louie joined the fray as the applicants sat down for their interviews.ey version of ape svented. 200 high school students sitting face to face with employers with paid summerte trnheiny will moe on and talk to a different company. >> the school district gets them ready, we provide the opportunity and the students have to get plugged into it. >> reporter: matt may hood is ceo of the silicon valley rt rs igan the strive internship program. xunervcoounfsidutence b.a bit an internship will be life changing for him. >> it would mean i get experience in the field tt ha h if this is something i want to achieve later in life. >> reporter: each student is guaranteed an internship. they'll be matched by a ranking system. >> we will go back and rank and put them iny student oerrd pref berence, by employer preference. we'll work our magic and somehow by the endf y otudeethnt will h internship. >> reporter: the employers say the students are stand ten pro engineering classes. >> i'm impressed they have of the knowledge in technical skills. that would make them somebo

abc7 news reporter david louie is live at santa clara police headquarters with how they caught the suspects of hours. david? >> reporter: well, alma, the burglary suspects had no idea they had stolen 100 tracking devices. it takes only one to pinpoint their every move within 50 to 60 feet. the company rome beat proved its technology really works. >> it was reported in the morning and approximately eight hours later we had them in custody. >> reporter: claire polisanta c were able to zero in on the thieves so fast because they didn't know what they had stolen from the tech company. they took three boxes of roam boxes. >> they know where it is, they know when it moves, and they know they can be within, you know, two minutes of reacting. >> reporter: the trackers were among $30,000 worth of equipment stolen. police had a real leg up. >> we put an application on the phone. so, he and his fellow officers could actually track live in their patrol car where these two individuals were driving. >> reporter: their every move was captured. they first went to a house in san jose, then to a storage faci

. >> abc7 news reporter david louie is live at the site which will become a major job center. vid. >> reporter: alma and larry, if that pig on the sign were real it might be squealing for joy over this proposal. right now it overlooks a site of a former sausage factory. in a few years tens of thousands of people could be working there if google can workout a deal. this was supposed to be the site of the proposed a's stadium. with that project dead, years of casual discussions between google and san jose started to get serious. >> the conversations have become more serious in the last year or so. when google made it very clear that they were focused on acquiring and assembling parcels and the city's parcels would be instrumental in the division. >> reporter: formal negotiations to buy city land haven't started. google isn't laying out its plans in detail, however san jose officials say google is interested in building a 6 million square foot complex for research and development and for offices. that could mean thousands of new jobs coming to downtown. >> this is the type of deve

abc7 news reporter david louie filed this story on veterans day, introducing us to one very gratefulomeless. today i'm housed. >> nothing more symbolic than veterans day to see nicolas jaramillo, a 12-year army vet, holding keys to a unit at this apartment building he' move in next week. >> but this is just the beginning because now the real journey begins -- staying focused, going to school, continue working. >> jaramillo is the 510th homeless vet in santa clara county to get housing one year after san jose and the county launched a program called all the way home. some of the landlords renting to vets are vets themselves. >> i am doing this because i am my brother's keeper, and i'm a member of the armed forces, and i think it's something i had the opportunity, and i've been blessed, so why not share that blessing? >> this is the studio apartment watts has rented to a vet. while the number 510 is an impressive figure, you have to put things in perspective. there are still more than 6,000 people who are homeless who are not veterans living in santa clara county. mayor sam liccardo be

in santa clara, david louie, abc7 news. >> that's neat.nted reality may not need goggles or special glasses and that means some day you might be able to invite us right into your living room while watching the news. you can get the latest news any time with the abc7 news app. you can download it for free. be sure to enable push alerts to be the first to know about breaking news where you live. that is going to do it for this edition of abc7 news at 4:00. we thank you so much for joining us today. i'm alma daetz. abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> there's blatant racism at this school. >> students take the lead on a problem they say is getting bigger all the time. their solution, if you see something, say something. >> mock grave stones and genuine anger, months after young man was fatally shot by vallejo police. his family is demanding answers. >> you have on every car to protect, not to protect and kill. >> since months since the ghost ship fire, the scars are barely healed and the investigation still a work in progress. >> i'm abc7 n

david louie, "abc7 news." >>> happening now, a rally against splitting off part of the biggest school district in the county. there are 32,000 students in 50 schools and five could form a new district called north gate. proponents argue needs of families are being ignored. tonight the decision is up to the office of education to make. they plan to meet at the end of august. then the proposal still has to go to the state and could end up on the ballot in 2018. >>> the worst of the flooding along the kings river in fresno county may be over. less water is being released from the pine flat dam and residents are assessing the damage. among the damage, the golf and country club where 14 holes were under water over the weekend. >> reporter: the water ex-tractors has replaced the quiet solitude. the smell of wet grass is overwhelming. in 15 minutes, rick had water covering his backyard and fish swimming in his pool. >> i was somewhat in shock. it was amazing that that much water in that short of a period of time came in. and as you looked out across the course in the morning, when we could s

david louie takes us into the future. >> reporter: the mall is undergoing a major transformation addingrestaurants. it's a little difficult to imagine how it will look. >> we're going to give this beautiful center. we want to show them that now so they understand why we're doing what we're doing. >> reporter: they are turning to virtual reality. this is no game. it's a way to immerse you into the renovated and new additions to the mall, allowing you to walk around and see shops. one thing medium are noticing is the massive skylights. >> people are looking up and commenting how beautiful these skylights are. people don't notice what's above them. >> reporter: shoppers will get a chance to do the virtual reality tour at the end of the july. this shopper got a sneak prix view. >> i'm on the outside part of it. it's interesting to see the different areas. there's a lot of restaurants and lots of trees which i love. >> reporter: the fair is adding large space and make technology more fun. the virtual reality experience is giving the shoppers a treat for enduring some of the inconvenience cau

david louie, "abc7 news." >>> happening now, a rally against splitting off part of the biggest schoolhe county. there are 32,000 students in 50 schools and five could form a new district called north gate. proponents argue needs of families are being ignored. tonight the decision is up to the office of education to make. they plan to meet at the end of august. then the proposal still has to go to the state and could end up on the ballot in 2018. >>> the worst of the flooding along the kings river in fresno county may be over. less water is being released from the pine flat dam and residents are assessing the damage. among the damage, the golf and country club where 14 holes were under water over the weekend. >> reporter: the water ex-tractors has replaced the quiet solitude. the smell of wet grass is overwhelming. in 15 minutes, rick had water covering his backyard and fish swimming in his pool. >> i was somewhat in shock. it was amazing that that much water in that short of a period of time came in. and as you looked out across the course in the morning, when we could see light, as f

. >> in san jose, david louie, ax 7 news. >> the nba finals at long last under way tomorrow right here on abc 7. it was media day atk or to day. >> where players from both teams got peppered with question buys reporters from across the world. in fact, young and old. >> best taste in music. >> right back there. i mean, you take the bus in here. over the bridge today. you see the finals logo. it's special. warriors were asked how they plan to move past the devastating loss to the cavs. i've don't know if it has been in our locker room one time this year. all it not something that, when you are chasing greatness, that's the expectation. you don't need something to motivate you to reach that. >> well said. this is the first time the same two teams have melt in the nba finals three years in a row. >>> the nba is staying local for tomorrow's national anthem performance. pat monihan lead singer of train will sing star spangled banner. showing donation pride too. and matt keller took the video at the airport showing international terminal you can see bathed in blue and gold. >> espn coverage o

. >> in san jose, david louie, ax 7 news. >> the nba finals at long last under way tomorrow right here on abc 7. it was media day atk or to day. >> where players from both teams got peppered with question buys reporters from across the world. in fact, young andld. >> best taste in music. >> right back there. i mean, you take the bus in here. over the bridge today. you see the finals logo. it's special. warriors were asked how they plan to move past the devastating loss to the cavs. i've don't know if it has been in our locker room one time this year. all it not something that, when you are chasing greatness, that's the expectation. you don't need something to motivate you to reach that. >> well said. this is the first time the same two teams have melt in the nba finals three years in a row. >>> the nba is staying local for tomorrow's national anthem performance. pat monihan lead singer of train will sing star spangled banner. showing donation pride too. and matt keller took the video at the airport showing international terminal you can see bathed in blue and gold. >> espn coverage of

coming up at 5:00, abc7 news reporter david louie has more on the investigation into whether an arsonist is to blame. >>> while the warriors look to sweep the cavs, wayne freedman tweets, is king james human after all? wayne will have more live from cleveland at 5:00. abc7 news reporter laura anthony shared this on twitter who says a racist holiday gift from the boss was the last draw in a pattern of harassment. live details at 5:00. >>> fbi former director comey accused the president of lying and says he believes he was fired because of the russia investigation. that televised hearing was a must-see event. abc7 news reporter maggie has our story. >> reporter: americans are obsessing over the congressional testimony of the former fbi director james comey. outside the hearing, hundreds wait in line from the break of dawn for the chance to get just one of the 90 seats in the hearing room. and across america, people watching the event in homes, offices and bars. at a tavern in d.c., it looks like a sporting event. the crowd eating, drinking, watching it all unfold on big screen tv. >> just

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david: let's hope they make progress. adam, thank you. melissa. melissa: here to react republican congressman louie gohmert from texas. thank you for joining us. where are we in this process? give us some insight. >> i tell you, i am so proud of this president. this is fantastic. he called me afternoon and one of the things i mention, mr. president, this is feeling a lot like 2005 and speaker and republican majority leader weren't really that thrilled with the big tax reform agenda by president bush, shoring up social security. they weren't thrilled about it we'll get agenda done by may, looking good. not going to be may looks like, we'll try to by the end of the summer. maybe september, october. we'll give it one more try in december. then january hit. when we met in our annual meeting we were told, you can't do those big things in an even numbered year. melissa: you're scaring us. >> and i said, look we have, you can't let republican leaders slow-walk this thing. that is the way it is feeling like. i turn around and i find out today he is meeting wi our republican leaders on both sides of t building. i am thrilled.