france 24's elizabeth walsh reports. >> with emergency workers these two men, went on a mission to save0-year-old mrs. bartlet. >> the worst flooding in 40 years, that the water has come up to this house. reporter: the evacuation went smoothly. >> i did not want to leave now. others, sheke many will be headed for an emergency shelter for the next several days. the miami red cross will arrive in houston with food and critical supplies. over the weekend, governor avid distributed food at a shelter in austin. abbott: this shows texas's response to tragedy. we come together in a bipartisan way to support our fellow texans in need for a just because a hurricane hits the state of texas does not mean we will not all come out and respond. seen ar: the region has years worth of rainfall in the space of a week. authorities are asking people not to leave their homes because the streets have become waterways. donald trump, who signed the disaster proclamation allowing for federal aid, is expected to visit the state on tuesday to survey the damage. andhen, tidal surges tornadoes are expected to make

elizabeth cook, kpix 5. >>> the russia investigation is heating up. kpix 5's ken bastida has the latest developments. >> reporter: it's a big one. the special counsel is adding to his team now, a grand jury. during a thursday night rally in west virginia, president trump lashed out at reports a grand jury is investigating alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. and possible ties to his campaign. special counsel robert mueller convened the panel. >> what the prosecutor should be looking at are hillary clinton's 33,000 deleted emails. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: the "washington post" published what it says are exclusive transcripts of president trump's january 27 phone call to mexican president enrique pena nieto. president trump told his mexican counterpart, quote, i have to have mexico pay for the wall. i have to. i have been talking about for a two-year period. pena nieto has repeatedly refused to foot the bill. [ saying so in spanish ] >> reporter: president trump told the president whom he simply called enrique that he can no longer say

kpix 5's elizabeth cook in the newsroom with a look at who is in and out under the proposed reforms.. >> reporter: the new plan favors immigrants who speak english. that led to a tense exchange in the white house briefing room. >> it will reduce port of, save taxpayers billions. >> reporter: president trump is throwing his support behind a bill to introduce a merit-based system for green card applications. >> this competitive application process will favor applicants who can speak english, financially support themselves and their families, and demonstrate skills that will contribute to our economy. >> reporter: the "raise act" would end diversity lotteries for visas. immigrants' rights activists say it would impact latino families the most. >> it's a good idea for us to bring in stilled workers. but it's apparently a move away from the family values of having -- using immigration to unite families. >> reporter: the bill sponsors say all groups would be treated the same. >> what we're doing here has no bias towards any region of the world. it has a bias to skilled individuals. >> repo

s. she then donated the desk to st. elizabeths hospital and there's actually a plaque on top of the desk that you can see in the upper left corner where she dedicates this desk to her colleagues at the hospital, especially superintendent nichols, the first superintendent of the hospital. the desk then sat there at the hospital for many years, probably about a century, and then it was later given to the smithsonian, to the museum of american history, national museum of american history which owns it today. we borrowed it from them. so here before we enter what we call the age of the asylum, before we get into the story of st. elizabeths itself, we look here a little bit at the treatment of mental illness and how that has changed over time to look at some of the ways that the treatment had to do with the architecture of the building. for example, actually, let's go over here so you can see the hydrotherapy baths. we're lucky in this exhibition to have the opportunity to use 20 original architectural drawings from the library of cong

elizabeth cook. >> i'm juliette goodrich. kpix5's katie nielsen is in the newsroom now to break it down for us. >> political analysts predicted president trump would announce an increase in the number of troops in afghanistan from the current level of 8,000 to 12,000. instead the president said it's time to take drastic measures in our strategy with afghanistan and shift the focus from creating democracy to killing terrorists. >> terrorists, take heed. america will never let up until you are dealt a lasting defeat. >> trump said tonight the middle east policies of past presidents didn't work and it's time for a change. >> we will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans for further military activities. >> his focus will be on stopping terrorists and abandoning the idea of nation building in the middle east. he said pakistan is turning a blind eye to terrorist hideouts and it's time to hold the country's feet to fire through whatever means necessary. >> pakistan often gives safe haven to violence and terror. >> we watched the pre

private economy is what is producing the profits, the earnings that are allowing people's 401(k)s to thrive. elizabethat's a good point, and as baby boomers retire en masse now, don't the socialists out there get it, that when you have a rising stock market and rising 401(k) balances, that takes a load off social security, medicare and medicaid. >> exactly. you put your finger on it. those rising 401(k)s are a avoiding a lot of social strife in the united states which we would have had if those baby boomers retired. the three entitlementeds like to preside over, they're going broke over time. and when that happens, you're going to have older generations pitted against the younger generation over a shrinking pie. the pie is the private economy. and again, the democrats do not understand anymore how it functions, how it works, how it creates wealth. elizabeth: wow, who would have thought we'd be -- >> we're here. elizabeth beth thank you so much, dan henninger. come back soon. >>> let's take a look at theater chain amc theaters, hit a record low in trading, falling about 27%, forecasting a loss of nearl

a image of henry adams and cuba from the 1890's, he writes to elizabeth cameron. >> of all the dirty holes in the world havana is the dirtiest and noisiest. it is amusing. dust andheat and the we have enjoyed ourselves in a exemplary tourist way. we slept when we could. i know a little more of havana than i did. i smoked the most delightful and a scene that would discuss a pagan. rents following winter he a villa in the high country above guantanamo. climbed in 1775 to see the battle of bunker hill. to climb henry adams the cuban hills four hours before he arrives at the villa or he can see all of san diego in the bank above him. >> by san diego it was beautiful. clear that these are my long-lost home. words can exaggerate their perfection in the winter. scorpion, yet seen a a centipede, a torrential a or anything vicious. the hill is not far away but it will be four years before teddy roosevelt disturbed the tranquility of the place. 30 years before fidel castro would be born a bit north. let us go tobeing the widower henry adams at home at last in cuba. smoking his cigar in the sha

queen elizabeth the first and you know who else? king alvaro the s the mythical king of ethiopia, they knew about the european world. african kingdom like kongo, ethiopia -- they said sent ambassadors to the vatican and other courts in europe. they sent their kids to be educated. the king of kongo convert to roman catholicism and then sent his son to portugal to be educated. he comes back and the vatican makes him the first bishop in the congo in 1517. a power move on the king's part. they knew each other and they dealt with each other as equals and not in the saw -- saw board net way. when i was growing up, we thought nothing good or complicated or interesting had come out of africa because that's what we were taught. we thought africa was tarzan. it is just not true. they took a you don't have to be a black nationalist to believe this. this is just the way it was. there was a queen. amani rinas beat the row fans fans in 24bc. she was the queen of maraway which is nubia and in a battle with the romans who were trying to take a kingdom. she not only

elizabeth? wanted to talk about i for obama, i'm a christian, a southerner, parents grandparents were sharecroppers, grandparents, i'm not prejudice. with hate to be grouped in sides, you s on both know, why can't we just be americans? hy can't we love the lord and have him in our hearts and we wouldn't hate each other so much? host: elizabeth, why do you feel like you are being grouped in with these folks? why do you feel you are being grouped in with these folks? live alone for years old and i world el like the whole is in chaos. people read k if the revelation a few times, i and it e it coming on all starts in america and we're within, not out. he bombs from other countries probably won't do us as much as what is go og here in our country. we are not portraying a decent all with all the going on.uff we threw god out, throw out anything with morals. these people lice -- like elizabeth warren, she's by satan, she is so liberal. abortion is fine, they had a lady on aboutther wrote. he host: we lost elizabeth. democrats, good morning. caller: yes, good morning. call.you for taking my these so-called religions need to go to their bible and look in colossian 2:14. brought o

s. mccain. we will go to kathy in elizabeth, west virginia. caller: good morning.neelinggree with him because of professionals. what they do with their private the outside of representing professional team is a different story. i appalled at the cleveland team . it is not like our team has done anything in the last few years anyway. i have not attended a game and i used to go to many at the stadium and i refuse to watch any nfl games whatsoever. up, i watched lebron james play when he was a teenager. if they speak out against the president, i will not watch the cleveland cavaliers, either. my husband served in vietnam and i feel our flag is more important than any professional that wants to stand up on national tv. he has time when he is not on the clock and that is when he should decide what he wants to say. this is starting to get britain. in great the first white nfl player kneels during the national anthem. this is the picture from that preseason game on monday. the executive director was interviewed on sports illustrated. he talked about the situation with col

elizabeth. there are others that activists are using you're wearing the b.d.'s badge they're. just tell me about how the boycott divestment and sanctions campaign seems to be gaining strength. in american university campuses yes it's gaining strength on the one hand and israel is becoming more and more paranoid about it anybody who looks like an activist is being denied entry paranoid who are actually well i think there is no i mean there's no question that the be the b.d.s. movement is having. a strong effect but their response is this proportionate i mean they're treating the b.d.s. movement as though it is some kind of anti semitic plague and when you look at the . the demands of the b.d.s. movement are really quite benign ending the occupation which the whole world agrees upon. allowing the refugees to return to their homes again it's already been enshrined in international law and united nations resolutions and equal rights for palestinians with israelis what could be more benign than that it's all remedial and it does nothing to harm the jewish population polls that surp

s book tv. >>> now historian and author elizabeth cobbs talks about the women who served overseas as telephone operators in the u.s. army's signal corps during world war i. the national archives in washington d.c. hosted this event. it is just under an hour. >> after the united states entered world war i women as well as men eagerly volunteered to serve their country. although women were prohibited from joining the regular army or navy, they found ways to contribute, often taking jobs once performed by men, now going overseas. one group of women, however, possessed a skill much needed by the army. fighting a war required reliable communications network, but more than two-and-a-half years of war had devastated the french telephone system. general john j.pershing called upon the expertise of women telephone operators. more than 1700 women applied and just over 200 served in europe with the army. their service is documented in their official personnel files, now in the national archives at st. louis, a collection of archival civilian personnel records. yes, that's civilian personnel records. afte

elizabeth. as high as nelson ‘s kollam, it is a vessel that has launched a thousand statistics.space to park 1200 minis, of incapacity to bake 1000 loaves per day. the basic crew will be 670 strong, much less than previous carriers. all living decks include wi—fi, access to cinema and an operating theatre. critics say the carrier has cost more than £3 billion and doesn't have a clearly defined role. the government says it will be a demonstration of british power around the world. the carrier will be britain's biggest ever floating airfields. a four and a half acre deck, from where two fighterjets half acre deck, from where two fighter jets can be half acre deck, from where two fighterjets can be launched. each one cost around £100 million. queen elizabeth already has a sibling ship in the making, in the form of the prince of wales. it is due to be handed over in 2019. lots more on that this morning. duncan joins us from portsmouth now. a very important day for britain's armed forces. the ship has been carrying out trials for the last month, testing out propulsion is in sewer sys

ham to us americans, because when queen elizabeth first stayed there back in the 1500s, she was served coamld h. >> wow. must have been a big deal. >>> still ahead, s vofiaraerga strips down and shares her secret of looking like this. >> it can be fun. >>> my twins roc and roe. >> we're backstage as mariah carey's daughter sings alongside r mother. >> what's your name? >> monroe. >>> plus david and victoria's oldest son, brooklyn beckham, how he is not following in his famous parents' footstep. >> my mom cried. so she's really proud. closed captioning provided by -- >>> you know what i always say is, vavavoom. >> thank you. >> that is one way to describe sofia vergara, but what i love about curves. w>>ouhy wldn't she? when she was approached to do this nakoved csher, e said, of course. >> to be naked, i think it's powerful, uasensl, and it can be fun. >> wearing her confidence, a but nothing else, sofia vergara is owning the cover of "women's health" naked issue. >> i'm latin, so we grow up going to the beach in a g-string. i am 44. no matter how much you take care of yourself, it's a reality we all age and you have to embrace it. >> embracing ever

elizabeth: one man chooses to spend his 70's saving legislation. -- saving lives.has happened and what mother nature has in store for this weekend. >> wicked weather out west. heavy rain and flooding causing massive traffic jams in las vegas. you can see some of that rain here up to a half inch falling in some places and forcing a few emergency rescues on the strip. people in phoenix, arizona facing crazy weather after a strong monsoon storm, downed trees and power lines thursday afternoon. but there's also one more surprise, a rare land spout tornado gusted through south of downtown phoenix that night. and thankfully it was a fairly weak system in the face of destructive winds and flooding rainfall. rainfall. >> well, often times being a lifeguard is a summer job. how about this, a lifeguard for a lifetime. one 73-year-old says experience makes it big difference in his profession. bryan is in new york has the story. >> jerry has been pulling beach goers from riptides for half a century. he won't tell you how many he's saved. but there's nothing like doing what he

s book tv. >>> now historian and author elizabeth cobbs talks about the women who served overseas as telephone operators in the u.s. army's signal corps during world war i. the national archives in washington d.c. hosted this event. it is just under an hour. >> after the united states entered world war i women as well as men eagerly volunteered to serve their

elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida. tonight that man and a woman are under arrest for a murder at twin peaks. kpix5's sharon chin reports police say a different crime, an armed robbery at st. mary's cathedral square, led the investigators right to them. >> reporter: police made the arrests in the st. mary's robbery first, then made the connection to the killing here attwin peaks. officers arrested 19-year-old lamonte mims of patterson, a convicted felon. they booked 20-year-old fantasy decuir of san francisco. >> both these individuals are responsible for the murder of mr. french. >> reporter: the pair is accused of shooting 71-year-old edward french, a commercial locations scout, at the twin peaks lookout last month. police called 911, but french died in the hospital with a gunshot in his upper body. his camera was stolen. then almost two weeks later officers say a 53-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman had their wallet and cameras stolen at gunpoint at st. mary's cathedral square. police say they did not suffer life threatening injuries. investigators arrested mims and decuir f the ard roy, then m

s&p up 23 points. welcome welcome to risk and reward i'm elizabeth macdonald. after increased scrutiny that the department said -- scrutiny says it didn't do enough. the chief defended the attempt to keep the two groups protesting in charlottesville apart saying it took an hour to gain control of the streets. this as democrats and the media pounced on the president's initial comments saturday right after the deadly attack in charlottesville where white supremacist groups clashed with foreign left groups in charlottesville, virginia. that happened on saturday. one person dead, 36 injured. 19 by a car that was plowed into a crowd. we're going to get to that in a moment. the media criticizing the president for not specifically condemning white supremacist by name on saturday. the president's comments came before the driver did fill out his car into the crowd. he killed one and injured at least 19. but this afternoon, president trump told the american people in no uncertain terms, racism of any kind is evil and unacceptable. now, 20-year-old james alex fields jr. h

elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida. the copa airlines flight left panama city and touched down about 2:30 this afternoon at sfo. that's where kpix5's andria borba is tonight with the latest. >> reporter: well, it was that moment after a long flight when everyone is just itching to get off a plane, but before this plane could get to the gate a teen took matters into his own hands only to end up in the hands of customs and border agents. >> he jumped off a plane. >> reporter: this was the scene moments after the flight touched down at sfo from panama city. >> when we landed, the emergency door opened as soon as we landed. it popped up. >> the whole door goes up and i start to hear something. >> reporter: that's when passengers notice not only that the emergency exit door was missing, so was the teen-ager. >> and then this guy, i see him jump on the wing and then he starts climbing down the wing and then he just runs. then he just starts running the other way. >> reporter: on the ground the teenager was chased down and detained by construction crews who are trained by sfo to look out for suspicious behavior. this is what the tarmac lo

elizabeth 65,000 tonnes. its length, the length of three football pitches. its height, the height of nelson ‘s column.n every available level you can imagine. on board at the moment is the prime minister put up the moment is the prime minister put up she is getting a first tour. it is the first time she has come home here to the home of the royal navy and it is from where she will be based for the next five decades as she patrols the sea. why will she be patrolling the sea? to project british power that meansjets on board, the eft 35 flown by the likes of my guest here, the wing commander. you're undergoing the training and putting us all together. where are thejets? they are not on board yet. no they are not. we're receiving a new aircraft about every eight weeks was the best bit between two locations on the east coast of america we have a squadron working with the marine corps to train pilots. we have pilots about to start on a journey on to eft 35. over on the west coast, edwards air force base, currently has 17 squadron, who are conducting operational tests and evaluation. that is putting the jets

s developing for runway. >> i have always customizing for commercial clients and they're really trying to identify themselves in the space. so we designed the wallpaper and gave it to elizabeth. a lot of her colors are bold and have a nice pop. >> chase iing paper is also worg fodiyers at home ordering as few as one of as many panels to help them sell their stories. >> people are are just wallpapering in a different way. now, it's an accent wall. the black splash in your behind your built in. it feels like a piece of. >> and in fact, chasing paper will introduce a new art collection this fall. and like all survivors, elizabeth is changing. she's entertaining moving home to milwaukee, where she may take a more permanent role in the family business. that will do it for tonight. thanks for joining us, have a great weekend. we'll see you back here on monday. this is a bbc is america. funding of this presentation is made possible by. the freemen foundation. and coal fuller foundation pursuing solutions for america's neglected me. planning a vacation escape that's relaxing inviting. and exciting. is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families couples and f

they have made elizabeth duke the first female chairwoman of a top u-s bank.n sanger on january first. last september, the bank admitted it created some two-million potentially fake accounts... and more recently, wells fargo apologized for charging more than half-a-million customers for car insurance they did ánotá need. ( darya ) coming up on the kron four morning news... the espn fantasy draft show that set america back 200 years. we'll talk about what gary and the big sports superstars think about it. and a stanton blast past mad bum for a home run, can he blast past barry bonds? the world according to gary is in a few minutes. and. construction for the tallest building in san francisco is almost finished... we'll tell you why it's being criticized this morning. after the break. a major hot in elcerrito on wb 80 at carlson an accident blocking cleared. slow traffic out of richmond. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll pla

elizabeth cook in for veronica. >> i'm allen martin. flame retardants are in couches and many other consumer products. and one bay area city could outright ban them. now kpix 5'sresults of a study that says these chemicals can harm children's intelligence. >> reporter: everybody's exposed to these chemicals. >> it's important to understand what they might be doing. >> reporter: dr. woodruff runs the ucsf program on reproductive health and the environment and is part of a team that just released a study on the effects of flame retardant chemicals on children. >> follows children up until 5 to 7 years of age to see how it affected their neural development essentially their iq and potential for adhd. >> reporter: it analyzes previous studies to get a big picture. data. they focused on one flame retardant known as pdde. >> we found women exposed to higher levels children were at risk of lower iq so for about tenfold increase in the levels, we saw about a 3.7 drop in iq. >> this particular study looked at a group of flame retardant that were phased out many years ago. >> reporter: brian goodman is with the american chemistry council. he points out that pdde was ban

elizabeth cook. allen and veronica are off tonight. a mother murdered and her family says someone in law enforcement made a mistake. the suspect was want by i.c.e. agents. kpix 5'splains the feds missed a chance to pick him up. emily. >> reporter: i.c.e. says sonoma county didn't give them enough time and the sheriff's department says they didn't show up. amongst all the finger- pointing, this family wants to know what happened and why. veronica cabrera ramirez was the mother of two teenage girls well loved and now very missed. but her murder, her family say, could have been avoided if only immigration agents had enough time. >> this shouldn't have happened, that's for sure. but, you know, someone makes a mistake and he was here and he killed her. >> reporter: veronica's boyfriend is accused of beating her to death. he was arraigned today on that murder charge just weeks earlier arrested for beating cabrera ramirez and was released after making bail. the man is undocumented from guatemala. ice wanted sonoma county to alert them when he bailed out but the county says they didn't show up. >> if they come or choose to pick somebody up, that's's ice's responsibility

s by deliberately -- and dillon ripley. that is pretty cool. >> the symbol of knowledge. incorporated into the badge of office in the photograph. dillon ripley with queen elizabeth. he loved regalia. >> he brought a little that is due to the job. he left a huge imprint. much of what you see today came from him. he had all kinds of things he credited. the libraries themselves came from him. he was quite a visionary. he was what and when was the air? -->> he was what and when was he here? >> he was the eighth secretary. he was a long serving secretary who made a lot of changes. and also created this maze, another simple. smithson,from james this from the smithson cold of forms on the silver down here. -- code orf arms. themedallion represents james -- the cities of smithson, bath, england where we think he was born, paris, and washington, d.c. > the symbolism almost incorporated in the novel but it was created for that very purpose. it fascinated me, all of the symbolism. >> and incorporated a piece of smithsonite. academic carried in processions and when we and docked the new secretary -- indexed the new secretary -- induct the secretary. it is supposed to preside

s. (mark) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. (darya) happening now... police in the east bay are searching for a missing woman. elizabeth beasley is a recent graduate from san francisco state. she has not been seen since saturday. she was last seen at a starbucks off dublin road in dublin. she is described as 5-foot-9 with green eyes and red hair. (darya) lafayette police are investigating the death of a man at a construction site. it happened yesterday afternoon on avalon avenue. police say the man was driving a forklift when he became trapped. the fire department tried to rescue the man but he died at the scene. police have not released the name of the 35-year-old victim. cal-osha is also investigating. ( mark ) protests and vigils continue across the country after a weekend of violence in virginia. in north carolina, protesters took down a confederate statue outside the durham county courthouse last night. there was a peaceful gathering in maumee, ohio. that's the hometown of the suspect in saturday's attack. the mother of the 32-year-old woman killed in that attack says the tributes about her daughter have helped he

elizabeth taylor and i'm so excited about this book. i got this book seems like nine months ago and read it so quickly and found it it is the story of the 70's. it was amazing social history. so just in short, it's blood in the water, i read this book and then we had the book for the chicago tribune row lit fest and how much we looked, pulitzer prize in history. it's really wonderful. it's an extraordinary book. it's about this 1971 uprising but it is so much more. it's extraordinarily social history. it's fantastic. it also sort -- heather is an investigative reporter and digs in there and gets documents and the ten years of research are shown very lightly. you really want to know who was responsible, what the hell happened and then what the implications are for incarceration in this -- in this crazy country of ours. so i'm going to turn it over to heather and her wonderful colleague and friend julie houseman who was at cornell and they are really going to get into it and then after that, i really hope we will go to the back and buy and read this book. thank you so much. [applause] >> hello. that's on. hi. i am so honored to be here today a

with a society like that, why s wouldn't we be championing mercy otis warren. mary ludwig case, nella p barker, elizabeth king, prudence right coming, elizabeth adams, abaco why are we recognizing these women who believed so much in the equality of all people that liberty is for all. they're willing to sever sacrifice everything they had so we could achieve that.fi i think it's terrible and our history books are purposely ignoring them. our history books are teaching that the constitution was written by a bunch of elite rich slaveowners whose only purpose and independence was so they could consolidateo power to themselves. it's ignoring the men and women, the black men and women, the freed slaves who became a part of our liberty movement so they could ensure that their children became free. america is not unique because of our houses and our cars and our economic opportunities. america is unique because we were founded upon thebe principle that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain malleable rights and that's what they believed in. our history denies the memory of the freed

elizabeth warren and maxine waters saying these banks are too big. jonathan: great to have you with us. nine, 10 minutes into the session, stocks positive for a fifth straight day on the sse in positive territory on the s&p 500 on the month? yields a little bit higher. enthusiasm off of risk -- drain enthusiasm of the risk. 2.13 the yield. a stronger dollar cory on the fx market. -- story on the fx market. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> this is bloomberg daybreak. coming up on friday, bill gross will be talking about the u.s. jobs report. this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: the average price of avocados on the rise because of surging demand and a smaller crop in mexico and california. you could not tell by whole foods where they have cut the foods by 29% to $1.99. tweeted out the following during my shopping trip, i looked at the price and whole foods and compared it to my $4.49.tore, we were outraged. the owner said he wants a conversation and i invited him on tv. great to have you with us. let's talk about the $4.49, how did we get there? >> all the pricing on our produce and across the store are strictly on a cost plus basis. we know what the cost of goods is an we add gross p