time and get out of here. >> after further investigation, lieutenant munoz found no evidence that de la cruz is still an active gang member. so now he suspects that de la cruz may have been beaten for refusing to join in a merging sny gang. >> we're hoping that through the interviews that we'll do in the same unit, we may come across eyewitnesses, or folks who will be able to confirm information that's floating around out there on the tiers as to why he got battered. >> what does your gut tell you? you're a veteran. >> these guys are trying to get away from gangs to do their time safely and they're getting beat up. so it just doesn't seem to end. >> eventually the prison decided the safest solution for de la cruz was to transfer him to a different prison. >> i just want to do my time peacefully, you know what i'm saying? get my thoughts together. you know what i'm saying? >> but lieutenant munoz still sees challenges ahead. >> like i said, he's young, first time, and it's hard for him to understand how he is supposed to maintain an attitude, and protect himself at the same time and not look

veronica de la cruz, kpix5. >>> a shirtless man smoking a cigarette perched on an overpass forced all northbound lanes of 680 in milpitas to be shut down for five hours tonight. at 9:30 he was persuaded to come down by policing in the overs. traffic is flowing -- police negotiators. traffic is flowing normally again. >>> a double murder suicide that involves a father and his two young children, police say the man killed his 6-year-old daughter and 18-month-old son on father's day and hanged himself. sonoma county sheriff's deputies went to the apartment on slater street this morning to do a welfare check and found the bodies. the man had been in a custody dispute with the mother of the children. >> it's an absolute tragedy to see any time two young children lose their lives in a child custody dispute. >> santa rosa police are working with the sonoma county sheriff's department in the investigation. police say this man.. >>> tonight san francisco police have made an arrest in a sex crime investigation. police say this man, 35-year- old donovan harper, sexually assaulted a student back

veronica de la cruz says the president says he is serious about solar. >> reporter: tonight in sierra rapids, president trump presented his solar idea to his supporters. >> we're talking about the southern border. lots of sun, lots of heat, we're thinking about building the wall as a solar wall. so it creates energy. and pays for itself. >> during the campaign president trump promised to force mexico to foot the bill for the boarder wall. >> this way, mexico will have to pay much less money. and that's good. right. is that good? >> reporter: according to the daily collar, the president raised thidea of solar panels to congressional leaders earlier this month. >> pretty creative idea right. my idea. >> reporter: veronica de la cruz. >>> and tonight police are looking for a man accused of grabbing and groping a woman outside her home. she helped police come up with a sketch of him. she said he was wearing a light colored hoodie pulled tight around his face and tried to grab her purse. he ran away when she kicked him in the groin. >>> and the latest on how they dealt with a police scanda

veronica de la cruz, kpix 5. >>> tonight san jose police are investigating an armed robbery that started as a late night beer run at a gas station. three suspects held up an arco station last month. they were caught on surveillance video. one of the men grabbed a case of beer and walked out without paying. when the clerk confronted the group one pulled out a gun and demanded money. you can see the suspect holding the gun. the men ran off with the beer and cash. >>> more bizarre crime in san jose tonight after a 100-pound pet pig is stolen from a backyard. kpix 5's andria borba tells us the family's biggest fear is the crook might think it is food. >> this is her new pig pen. the blankets she would sleep in. >> reporter: this is where the pet pig shooed be in the back -- should be in the backyard but she has been missing since father's day. >> i couldn't find her. i thought she was lost. we went out, searched the neighborhood for her. >> they put up signs on fences and street posts but discovered the kennel was gone and their security cameras ripped out. >> she is not loose, someone came

veronica de la cruz. kpix5. >>> now to breaking news out of san mateo county. right now there's a man hunt going on in belmont. police are searching that area around the carlmont the center. a robbery suspect ran into a drainage ditch near the shopping center. they told people in the air to shelter in place. police brought in their canines to help search for that suspect. he's described as a man in red shorts with a face tattoo at this hour there's no sign of him. >>> in san francisco tonight, nine people are hospitalized after a head on crash involving a muni bus. that crash happened at castro and beaver street this afternoon. the bus and delivery truck slammed into each other smashing out the front windshield of the bus. witnesses told us the bus driver honked at the truck before the crash. >> we have video aboard the bus and we'll look at that before we finalize any investigation with the police department. >> both drivers and seven bus passengers suffered injuries but are not life threatening. the crash temporarily affected service on the 24 line. it is bac

veronica de la cruz breaks down the numbers. >> reporter: 22 million americans will lose their health insurance under the new senate healthcare plan. that's according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office. the report shows the healthcare bill will reduce the deficit by $321 billion over the next decade but most of those savings will come from cuts in medicaid spending which is likely to be a tough pill to swallow for senators from states that expanded medicaid under obamacare. >> we have a lot of issues right now. the governor's initial impression is that it's not helpful to his state. >> reporter: conservatives say it doesn't slash enough of the obamacare tax credits put in place to help people buy insurance. >> the obamacare subsidies in this bill are actually greater under the republican bill than they are under the current obamacare law. that is not anywhere close to repeal. >> reporter: it comes as republican leaders push for a vote on the bill by the end of the week. >> as we speak, our leaders in the united states senate are debating legislation to follow on the house

veronica de la cruz tells us the move could isolate the u.s. from almost every other nation in fighting climate change. >> almost 200 countries signed the accord in 2015 to voluntarily reduce their carbon emissions. the only countries against the agreement, syria and nicaragua. president trump has not officially announced the decision yet. tonight he wants us all to play a guessing game. he tweeted he'll announce his decision tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the white house rose garden and then in all caps make america great again. if the president does pull out of the paris climate agreement, he would fulfill one of his promises on the campaign trail. he said it would hurt jobs in areas where he won much of the vote and in the past he has called climate change a hoax. >> it's his denial, the statement that climate change is a hoax, is so absurd and so unbelievable and so outrageous that the grassroots governors, people around the world, have galvanized. >> those of us in oakland, berkeley, san francisco and the bay area actually recognize that climate ch

kpix 5's veronica de la cruz is here to break it all down. >> sessions will testify in an open hearing at his own request. this after new questions emerged during last week's testimony by ousted fbi director james comey. sessions was at the white house today as president trump held his first full cabinet meeting. the attorney general said law enforcement officials around the nation are thrilled with the support they're getting from the new administration. as for tomorrow's hearing, the white house says bring it on. >> the president has been clear. he wants this to get investigated as soon as possible and be done with it so he can continue with the business of the american people. >> sessions recused himself from the justice department's russia investigation back in march after admitting he had not disclosed two meetings with the russian ambassador in 2016. a key question likely to come up tomorrow, what was sessions' role in the firing of comey after sessions had recused himself? even though tomorrow's hearing is public, the white house says sessions could invoke executive privilege. t

veronica de la cruz, kpix5. >>> tonight president trump renewed his call for a travel ban from certain majority muslim countries tweeting, "that's right, we need a travel ban for certain dangerous countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people." that directly contradicts members of his own senior staff. >> this is not a muslim ban. it's not a travel ban. it's a vetting system to keep america safe. >> last week the department of justice urged the u.s. supreme court to review the legality of the revised travel ban. >>> it's not the only travel related item on the president's agenda tonight. sharon chin tells us he's pushing a plan to turn over the air traffic control system of the u.s. to private businesses. >> reporter: we took a look at the pros and cons and why the idea may not fly any time soon. the air traffic control system would transfer from the federal aviation administration to a private nonprofit. >> our plan will get you where you need to go more quickly, more reliably and more affordallabley and yes, for the -- affordably and yes, for the

de la cruz died.this was the 6th police shooting in san jose so far this year. ( james ) a redwood city police officer will not be charged in a deadly shooting earlier this year. the suspect was wanted for a domestic violence incident ... where he chased his estranged wife around a parking lot with a gun. investigators later determined the man was also drunk at the time. officers say they repeatedly told the man to drop the gun but he refused. ( mark ) police have made an arrest in connection to a string of car break-ins at several bart stations. earlier this week... bart police reported as many as 16 cars had been burglarized. nine of those happening in one day at the millbrae bart station. a daly city police officer arrested two teens yesterday for auto burglary in the parking lot of century theatres - which is near the daly city bart station. one of the teens was then identified as a suspect in the string of bart crimes. ( mark ) there will be a major bart closure this weekend. bart officials say t

veronica de la cruz, kpix5. >>> tonight we're hearing from a woman who said a united airlines employee kicked her in the head. she decided to take a nap in a chapel in a united terminal. ""i was woken up lindsay ervani was flying from san francisco to belize with a layover in houston saturday night when she decided to take a nap in a chapel in the united terminal. >> i was woken up by somebody kicking me in the head. i immediately got up and asked the person why he had did that. >> she says the employee told her she couldn't sleep there. then he rolled out a prayer mat. later she says he told her he didn't want her to miss her flight. as he was walking out, she snapped these photos of him. in a statement united said it's very concerned and is urgently reviewing the matter to further understand what happened and the employee has been suspended while we review the incident. >>> well, it's going to get a lot harder for americans to travel to cuba because president trump is tightening the restrictions on travel and trade. tonight cuba is firing back calling it hostile rhetoric. an a but th

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de las vÍctimas del pasado ataque terrorista en manchester se agotaron en 20 minutos. el evento programado para el domingo, destinarÁ las ganancias al fondo de emergencia de la cruz roja.imÁgenes polÉmicas mostraron a una comediante sosteniendo la cabeza ensangrentada parecida a la de donald trump. en conferencia de prensa hoy, la abogada de la actriz acusÓ a trump y a su familia de usar su poder para atacar la a pesar de que la artista pidiÓ disculpas por la publicaciÓn. llegÓ el medio tiempo y es hora de los deportes. ana nos tiene todo los detalles. ana: amigos vamos a platicar de toda la informaciÓn deportiva. comencemos hablando por lo sucedido ayer con la selecciÓn de juan carlos osorio, enfrentando en nueva jersey a una selecciÓn irlandesa que puso poca resistencia, pero que al final terminÓ siendo un buen parÁmetro de la intensidad y la determinaciÓn con la que quieren jugar los dirigidos por el colombiano. se dio bien la selecciÓn mexicana, hay que decirlo sobre todo en los 70 minutos antes de realizar las modificaciones. raÚl jimÉnez, hernÁndez y rodolfo cota, en su primer llamado y en su primera vez como titulares se vieron buena manera. la selecciÓn mexican

de tiro libre para manadr el partido a tiempo extra... ya en la tanda de penales el joven "wuilker farinez" se vestiria de heroe atajando el penal del capitan charrua nicolas de la cruzuipo a la gran final de esta copa por primera vez en su historia take nat trt: 09 sec vo asi lo celebraron los jovenes de la seleccion venezolana en el vestidor su pase a la gran final del mundial sub 20. gritos retumbaorn en corea del sur y tambien por toda sudamerica.... en la otra semifinal disputada el dia de hoy. inglaterra se encontraba abajo en el resultado desde el segundo minuto de juego... ya en el complemento con un doblete de "solanke" y uno mas de "lookman" pudieron darle la vuelta al marcador para dejar el resultado final de tres a uno con lo que el conjunto ingles logro arrebatar su boleto para buscar coronarse campeones de esta copa. el dia de ayer los warriors salieron con la mision de ponerse a una sola victoria de coronarse campeones por segunda vez en los ultimos tres aÑos. take vo kevin durant con un triple cuando faltaba menos de un minuto por jugar sentencio el partido. despues de eso vendria una gran jugada defensiva pr parte de andre iguaodala para asegurarse q

de tiro libre para manadr el partido a tiempo extra... ya en la tanda de penales el joven "wuilker farinez" se vestiria de heroe atajando el penal del capitan charrua nicolas de la cruzat trt: 09 sec vo asi lo celebraron los jovenes de la seleccion venezolana en el vestidor su pase a la gran final del mundial sub 20. gritos retumbaorn en corea del sur y tambien por toda sudamerica.... en la otra semifinal disputada el dia de hoy. inglaterra se encontraba abajo en el resultado desde el segundo minuto de juego... ya en el complemento con un doblete de "solanke" y uno mas de "lookman" pudieron darle la vuelta al marcador para dejar el resultado final de tres a uno con lo que el conjunto ingles logro arrebatar su boleto para buscar coronarse campeones de esta copa. por ultimo la seleccion mexicana dio a conocer la lista de 23 jugadores que iran a rusia a disputar la copa confederaciones.. molina, dueñas, jorge hernández, orbelín pineda; damm y jesús gallardo son lo jugadores sacrificados de la convocatoria original de 29.. take vo/lorena -- en florida continua lloviendo sobre mojado. en tampa las inundaciones han provocado el cierre de varias calles. -- varios residentes

abogado, donde desde la calle se ven rotulos que indican que ah se practica abogaca, leyes e inmigracin.inclu so, de acuerdo con esta fotografa que nos proporcion la seÑora zniga, de la cruzdiploma de la escuela de leyes thomas jefferson. sin embargo, investigamos sus credenciales, y comprobamos que no tiene licencia para ejercer en california. de hecho, en el 2007 fue expulsado permanentemente de la barra de abogados de la florida. l se neg a hablar ante cmaras, pero al cuestionarlo reconoci que no ha pasado el examen de la barra de abogados que lo acreditara para ejercer en california. al preguntarle porque la solicitud de la seÑora zniga nunca lleg a inmigracin, y qu pas con su dinero, l argument que todo haba sido un error. sot rigoberto reyes/dpto del consumidor de los angeles 11.54.22 al momento q sospeche q lo han enganado o defraudado, q nos llamen a nuestro departamento nosotros investigamos el caso para tratar de recuperar el dinero, y para asesorar a la gente. usted puede comprobar si un abogado de inmigracion tiene licencia, visitando el sitio de la barra de abogados, calbar.ca.gov arlen outro si usted piensa contratar a un abogado para llevar su caso migrator

de la joranda, arbia saudita se enfrento a uruguay. el unico gol de este partido llego pro la via del penal despues de una mano dentro del area. nicolas de la cruz su pase al conjunto charrua para la siguiente ronda. por ultimo, zambia y alemania nos regalaron una feria de goles. el conjunto africano termino dando la sorpresa con un resultado final de cuatro a tres mandando al equipo teuton a casa. lo que sigue para los jovenes de zambia es un nuevo rival europeo ya se estarian enfrentando a francia o italia. take gfx gfx ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad libad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib ad lib el dia de maÑana estara iniciando una nueva edicion de las finales de la nba con el tercer enfrentamiento de manera consecutiva entre golden state y cleveland. take vo el dia de hoy ambos equipos atendieron a los medios y un tema recurrente en las redes sociales y medios de comunicacion son las comparaciones entre curry y lebron. para el dos veces mas valioso de la liga sthepen curry dice

. >>> i'm very ron ka de la cruz.resident obama is back in the white house after two events saturday. in the meantime, mitt and ann romney sat down with oprah winfrey for "o" magazine for an interview. no word on when it will run. >>> hillary clinton had her first meeting with mohamed morsi in cairo. sunday she meets with egypt's military chief. i'm veronica de la cruz and now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> keeping more than 9,000 inmates fed is a herculean task for the food services staff at >>> keeping more than 9,000 inmates fed is a herculean task for the food services staff at the maricopa county jail in phoenix. >> we have close to 100 inmates working each day. some days of the week we may have as little as 60, 70 inmates. there is never an off day here. we work 7 days a week, 365 days a year. >> each inmate is fed twice daily on a budget that the jail claims is less than 90 cents a day. the inmates say, it tastes that way. >> like the dog food we get, strai

por eso invitamos a ricardo de la cruz roja americana. quÉ debemos hacer? e estÁ el niÑo, Él la va a agarrar iba a flotar. eso es lo primero. y no, con la misma varilla quelimpiar hiciera, arrÍbesela al niÑo. que la pueda ver, que la pueda sentir, que Él la agarre y la usa para jalarlo a la orilla. cecilia: muy bien, ahora, los flotadores. quÉ deben de prestarle atenciÓn los papÁs? ricardo: el portador tiene que tener la inicial de la guardia costera. si tienes a inicial, quiere decir que es un lugar seguro. pero si es recreacional, no recomendamos para que usted no tenga oficina. primacÍa puede causar una emergencia. cecilia:y por supuesto, siempre hay que protegernos del sol. ricardo: correcto, colores claros, una hora para proteger su cara, bloqueador solar 15 minutos antes y cada vez que usted sale de la piscina, aplicÁrselo. zapatos para las altas temperaturas y estar siempre hidratado. cecilia: recuerde que la cruz roja americana ofrece muchas clases para que usted pueda salvar vidas en estas fiestas. gracias, ricardo. continuamos con los de "ediciÓn d

we are joined now by last word intern joseph de la cruz on his last day here at "the last word."nk you enough for aervg you've done. you graduated brooklyn college yesterday. >> yes. >> and now you're off into the world. >> now i'm off into the world. >> so what drew you to this business? >> oh, um, i think i was more my dad. he was a newspaper guy. so growing up, he instilled keeping up with the news and it led into something else and here i am. >> you're one of our interns who has been with us the longest and you're starting a new job next week in this business. you know where i'll be next week? >> where? >> sitting right here talking about the james comey hearing and everything that happened next weak and the next couple of years. >> i look forward to watching the show for the next couple of years. >> thank you for everything. it's been great. joseph de la cruz gets tonight's last word. >>> tonight jim comey has been cleared for take-off. the fired fbi director set to testify before the senate intelligence committee. plus new subpoenas issued for trump's attorney and michael f

joseph de la cruz gets tonight's last word.williams starts right now. >>> tonight jim comey has been clear saed for take off. set to testify before the senate intelligence committee. plus new subpoenas issued for trump's attorney and michael flynn. also the washington post reporting the trump administration may return to suburban u.s. compounds to russia after president obama threw the russians out back in december. meanwhile, the president back on twitter previewing a big announcement tomorrow

dueño del lugar para ver que va a pasar con nosotros pero todavía no hay una respuesta miembros de la cruzn presentes tratando de brindar un poco de ayuda a los afectados sin embargo muchos de ellos y sus familias dorman en sus vehculo esta macana. sot. tino rangel/ afectado básicamente no tengo donde vivir y lo más afectado es el bolsillo desde luego sot maria de lara. triste la lumbre estaba tremenda camino muy rápido mire ahí no creo que haya sido una olla de frijoles, nomás para que ustedes chequen el dato pues esta crítica la cosa unos 36 bomberos sofocaron las llamas y controlaron la situacin en 40 minutos, y aunque su intervencin fue rpida los daÑos estructurales fueron severos, y ahora muchos residentes no saben esta noche donde van a dormir especialistas en investigacin de incendios estuvieron presentes sin embargo no informaron las causa que originaron las causas del siniestro. blanca/take vo --la fiscal del condado de alameda acus hoy formalmente de 36 cargos de asesinato involuntario a 2 hombres que sub-rentaban la bodega en oakland que estall en llamas el pasado mes de diciemb

resultar en la muerte, hay que llamar de inmediato y buscar auxilio mh t48 vbox paola --fue hallada sana y salva esta maÑana, una nina de doce aÑos que se extravi ayer sabado en las montaÑas de santa cruzparaban un operativo con cerca de medio centenar de personas para buscarla, cuando un vecino la hallo sana y salva cerca de un tanque de agua en una propiedad cercana.... -- la nina paso toda la noche sola en las montanas despues de verse separada del adulto que la acompanaba durante una caminata por el bosque... top vo paola --al regresar lo llevamos a presenciar un evento no muy usual que tiene lugar en una comunidad cada aÑo para celebrar el dia del padre.. take lucrecia live peatones en londres, esta vez cerca de una mezquita... take vo --una persona murio y ocho resultaron heridas en el incidente... -- segun testigos, una furgoneta se ubic cerca de un centro islamico y atropello a las personas que habian salido de la mezquita ubicada en el area de finsbury park... tras las plegarias del ramadan... --el conductor, un hombre blanco de 48 anos, fue detenido por miembros del publico y trasladado a un hospital, la policia dice que sera puesto bajo custodia una vez dado de alta y someti

hombre que muri a manos de la polica de san jos tras un altercado con otro individuo adentro de un apartamento. --las autoridades dicen que el domingo pasado "francis de la cruzprimero provocando un incendio .. y luego enfrentndolos armado con una hacha... ---agregaron que el fallecido era violento y padeca de problemas mentales. take natsvo / : 3 sec wait for cue cesar --durante una reunin para informar a la comunidad, la polica de san francisco, dio a conocer..... esta tarde..... la grabacin de las cmaras corporales de tres agentes involucrados en una balacera... --el incidente tuvo lugar el pasado 21 de mayo, cuando los agentes respondieron a la invasin de una vivienda... --uno de los sospechosos dispar contra los oficiales, que respondieron al ataque... --nadie result herido en la confrontacin... cesar --- en south san francisco la policia esta en la busqueda de una pareja que hiri a unos trabajadores de limpieza durante un robo --- --- "sandra bermudez" con los detalles --- take pkg 00:08 00:18 el incidente se registro en un negocio de la cuadra 100 de south linden avenue... este mircoles a eso de las 9 de la noche con 45 minutos... sot jorge alfaro voce

de espalda, flotar, mariposa y nado libre. erika: esas son las tÉcnicas, y quiÉnes las imparten? Álvaro: son empleados que son certificados de la cruz auxilios y resucitaciÓn cardiopulmonar. cuÁntos niÑos son por clase, Álvaro? y por cuÁntos tiempo son estos cursos? Álvaro: son 10 a 12 estudiantes, 30 minutos a 40 minutos de expresiÓn gratis. erika: muy bien, los hijos de la seÑora maribel gonzÁlez son arte de los niÑos beneficiados. maribel: pues aquÍ bien feliz del programa, dÁndole gracias, a que los niÑos aprenden a nadar, disfrutan de un rato con este calor. y lo mejor de todo, es gratis. erika: asÍ es, y el propÓsito de este programa es enseÑar a los niÑos habilidades bÁsicas de nado, tambiÉn de prevenciÓn de ahogamiento. y sobre todo, como dijo la seÑora maribel, disfrutar de este calor en el agua. esto es todo ni reporte desde san fernando. yo soy erika flores, regresamos con mÁs contigo yarel. yarel: gracias por la informaciÓn, erika, buenÍsimo ese programa. bueno, los "fidget spinner", estÁn en la lista de los juguetes que no son seguros para sus hijos . por quÉ? lo que ocurre es que las partes se pueden desprender y repre

i'm veronica de la cruz. new at 6: >>> we begin with a major crack down at the police chief. >> officers are writing more tickets than ever but drivers are still not getting the message. >> traffic starting to slow down on 87 behind me including that car pool lane. but it's not just cheaters clogging up the car pool lane it's also honest drivers. >> how do you feel when you see a car pool cheater. >> it's kind of frustrating. >> reporter: and she's far from alone. car pool cheating is so bad. >> we don't think that's fair. >> we went to the lawmakers to crack down on violators. >> it's one in five in the morning. one in four in the afternoon. vehicles that aren't eligible to be on the lane. >> reporter: and the number is on the rise. up nearly 600 tickets from the year before and more than 3,500 in 2015. >> they don't have enough chp out there to get the guys that are cheating so. >> the mtc has a solution for them. they want chp enforcement to be included in an existing bill. >> it's a benefit. for everybody

kpix5's veronica de la cruz reports the suspect is well known to police. >> reporter: yes, ken, she has a troubled past. and tonight she's accused of shoving meth into the mouth of a 2-year-old. police say it happened yesterday at people's park in berkeley. about a quarter mile from the cal campus. the boy's nanny called 911, she said tomas told her she put a tootsie roll inside of the boy's mouth. officials later told her it was meth. she attacked deputies. back in 2014 she also broke the fingers and knees of three alameda deputies. thomas is said to appear in court tomorrow for this latest crime. veronica dela cruz, kpix5. >>> accused in a creepy crime. the accusations involving a former student and women's underwear. >> the dog was just shredding him to pieces. >> this good samaritan describes how he saved a northern california couple from a vicious attack. >>> plus designer purses pilfered from a in a creepy crime tonight. only on five -- maria medina tells us: it involves a former student.. and women's clothing. ((nats o >>> a stanford lecturing is accused of a pretty creepy crime.

veronica de la cruz, night beat. >>> a rugly player paralyzed during a game. this is his first day in rehab, that is yesterday. at a hospital in colorado. he is on a stipulation bike. the 20-year-old suffered a crushed vertebrae during a national rubby championship match. he has been paralyzed. a go fund me campaign set up to pay for medical care raised $672,000. >>> the warriors are in enemy territory tonight. tomorrow it is game on. some fans are predicting a sweep, cavfans say they are ready to defend the land. dennis o'donnell reports from cleveland tonight. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i am so happy right now. >> reporter: warrior fans hoping for autographs on the eve of game three and the wait paid off. >> they will sweep. sweep. >> reporter: really? >> yeah. sweep. >> reporter: the cavs rally fand is to defend the -- is to defend the land. but depending the land will be hard against the red hot warriors unless the air conditioner drops on kevin durant's head. >> scaring me a little bit up here. >> reporter: might be the plumping. >> yeah. >> r

veronica de la cruz has the flurry of developments today. veronica. >> reporter: yeah, ken. ceo travis kalanick is stepping away from the company he founded. he is taking a leave bsenofofc thscanindals ove r its corporate culture and his own abrasive behavior. his email to employees he said, quote, if we're gonna work on uber 2.0, i also need to work on travis 2.0 to become the leader that this company needs and that you deserve." lanick founded uber in 2009 and built it into a $70 billion giant in the ride il e ose owcame at a cost. allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination and bullying prompted the two separate internal investigations. the law firm of former attorney geral eric holder announced its recommendations today. they included limiting ibs, anies responsilti crngeaovinere sighsit committee. >> they are doing the right things now. th thfoer torneygot general who has credibility to do an investigation,senior management out. now the ceo is taking an occu i here and this is the end cycle of that change hopefully toward a better brand and a better company. >> rep

. >>> kpix 5 veronica de la cruz is here to break it down for us. >> the congressional budget office says the senate measure would put a significant dent in the budget deficit but today's report said it would also cause millions of people to lose their health insurance. 22 million americans will lose their health insurance under the new senate healthcare plan according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office. the report shows the healthcare bill will reduce the budget deficit by $321 billion over the next decade but most of those savings will come from cuts in medicaid spending which is likely to be a tough pill to swallow for senators from states that extended medicaid under obamacare. >> we have a lot of issues right now. the governor's initial impression is that it's not helpful to his state. >> conservatives say it doesn't slash enough of the obamacare tax credits put in place to help people buy insurance. >> the obamacare subsidies in this bill are actually greater under the republican bill than they are under the current obamacare law. that's not anywhere close to repeal

veronica de la cruz is here with what we know so far. veronica. >> reporter: well, liz, right now, the base is only calling it a security incident. official shut down the main gate about 90 minutes ago and told people to stay inside with doors and windows locked. the traffic around the base is at a standstill. a short time ago we saw people calmly filing out of the commissary. this appears to bend. base officials put out a note on facebook something them to stay away. and we'll have much more on this coming up a 6:30. the base issued a security lockdown but officials say it's not part of the drill. we have any new information as etwe it. we'll have much tonight at 6:30. liz and ken? >> thank you. >>> a gop leader was shot and four people wounded. mola lenghi mole says the shooter was targeting republicans specifically. mola. >> reporter: if not for the actions of two capitol police, lawmakers say this morning's shooting could have been much, much worse. gunfire rang out at a congressional baseball practice in alexandria, virginia this mo

veronica de la cruz is here with that. veronica. >> reporter: well, ken, the comedian says she has been receiving death threats and says the president is trying to break her. all because of this photo showing griffin holding a bloody head resembling our president, donald trump. >> regarding the image that i participated in, the apology absolutely stands. i feel horrible. >> reporter: kathy griffin says she is sorry for the controversial video showing her holding a fake bloody head of donald trump. but she also says what's happened in response is unprecedented. >> a sitting president of the united states and his grown children and the first lady are personally, i feel, personally trying to ruin my life forever! >> reporter: griffin claims she received death threats since posting the video to twitter. her attorney says the secret service has also contacted her. they argue the image was a play on comments president trump made on the campaign trail. >> quote, she had blood coming out of her eyes. she had blood coming out of he

veronica de la cruz, kpix5. >>> tonight b.a.r.t. is considering a new crackdown on speed hogs, an etiquette campaign that would replace a law that was never really enforced. later this month the board will likely get rid of it entirely. instead most directors now favor a stronger public information campaign emphasizing the idea of one person, one seat. according to the chronicle, b.a.r.t. is also considering temporarily banning seat hawk. >>> you know that only saying if it's too good to be true, it probably is. before you click on that facebook ad with millions of likes, you better listen to this warning from kpix5's julie watts. >> i was scrolling through my facebook feed and i saw it multiple times and i really liked it. >> reporter: so chelsea flaherty ordered what she thought would be her graduation dress, but weeks later when it hadn't arrived and the company was unresponsive, she realized she should have done more research. >> i found a group on facebook that was a buyer beware. >> reporter: the bbb has issued a warning about

a dramatic water fall rescue near yosemite, a bay area man swept over two water falls, veronica de la cruz has details. >> reporter: a celebration, a group of friends from the bay area on a graduation trip decided to hike to angel falls on willow creek which feeds bath lake and in mudarea county. one man stopped to take a picture and slipped. friends say he was swept down stream and went over the top two water falls able to grab a dead tree, partially submerged in a pool below the second water fall. he was able to pull himself to safety, but was injured. rescuer carried him a meal to a waiting ambulance, he is identified as matthew zola, recovering from injuries, he is the second person to go over these falls, a southern california boy fell last fall and he was rescued. >> thank you. >>> the heat was an added challenge for firefighters battling a large mulch fire in salono county, 680 in cor delia. jessica shows us several agencies teamed up. >> reporter: after 4:00 a.m. the massive file of mulch started burning at the compost plant 680 near lake herman road exit. firefighters from surroun

i'm veronica de la cruz in tonight for ken and elizabeth that, attack happening in front of the millbrae library this afternoon. kpix5's maria medina is there tonight. >> the teenager was shocked. he was panicking. >> reporter: a 13-year-old boy repeatedly stabbed with a pocketknife. >> he didn't know what was going on. >> reporter: chosen out of a group of his friends as they stood outside the millbrae library. >> he didn't know why he had been attacked. >> reporter: detectives with the san mateo county sheriff's office describe the violent act random. >> not only is this act very random because there appears to be no motive, but the crime itself is very random for the city of millbrae. >> reporter: the suspect is homeless according to investigators. when they got the call around 2:30, they say it only took them 20 seconds to arrive. >> after the attack he didn't flee. he stayed in the area. so on top of that it's another unusual circumstance. >> reporter: after the suspect's arrest deputies discovered the brave acts by library staff who rushed the kids inside. what's more heroic they s

. >> veronica de la cruz joins us now with that and how some bay area people watched the hearing today. veronica. >> reporter: yeah. liz and ken, donald trump, jr. started a running commentary on twitter today tweeting more than 40 times nearly 2.5 hours into comey's testimony. what sparked tweet number one were questions regarding comey's claim that the president asked him to end the investigation into michael flynn. >> do you know of any case where a person has been charged for obstruction of justice or for that matter any other criminal offense where this -- they said or thought they hoped for an outcome? >> i don't know well enough to answer. and the reason i keep saying his words is i took it as a direction. i mean, it's the president of the united states with me alone saying i hope that -- i took it as this is what he wants me to do not -- i didn't obey that but that's the way i took it. >> you may have taken it as a direction but that's not what he said? >> correct. >> he said, i hope. >> those are his exact words, correct. >> now, this was trump junior's response. knowing my fa

. >> and i'm veronica de la cruz. let's get you right to joe vazquez live in the newsroom with a six figure settlement. >> this settlement which pends approval by the board of supervisors would award $190,000 to an undocumented immigrant. the city attorney said it shows san francisco remains committed to its sanctuary city policies. he had gone to the police station because his stolen car had been recovered, but then san francisco police officers arrested pedro figueroa, an undocumented immigrant, and handed him over to federal immigration officers in december, 2015 right in front of his young child. [ speaking spanish ] translator: at this point my little girl was crying saying papa, papa and daddy, daddy. she was really emotionally stressed. >> figueroa spent two months behind bars, then filed a lawsuit alleging the city violated its own sanctuary city policy. later the city said they were sorry. >> i apologize because a mistake was made and i am saddened that his daughter had to feel pain. >> instead of fighting th

good evening, i am veronica de la cruz. >> i am ken bastida, prosecutors squarely laying the blame on.s. history, one ghost ship master tenant, derick almena, is on his way back to alameda county as we speak. there is a picture taken of derick almena as he made his first court appearance today in lake county, he is in the green striped jump suit. kpix 5's emily turner is live in oakland with more on the charges and who is off the hook for now. emily? >> reporter: the district attorney says both of the men charged knew the ghost ship wasn't to be lived in and wasn't safe. the owner of the building didn't know those things and therefore is not being charged. the converted warehouse went up in flames six months ago, and today the deaths of 36 people killed in the ghost ship fire will be charged to these two men. derick almena, the master tenant who rented the space out to artists, and max harris, the self-proclaimed warlord of the ghost ship, both face 36 involuntary manslaughter charges. >> they created the high-risk of death, a reasonable person would have known that acting in that way