eric thomas. >> dion lim. iran was momentarily detained as protesters build on the street and pressure builds on the ruling regime. >> reporter: after days of denials, iran admitting it accidentally shot down ukrainian passenger jet killing 176 people on board, ukrainian and canadian students, including sara sadant, visiting family and heading back to spring semester. justin trudeau weighing in. >> what iran has admitted to is serious, shooting down a civilian aircraft is horrific, iran must take full responsibility. >> reporter: among the questions asked, why ukraine's airline was not warned of the dangers and why the air space was left open. president trump defeating support. government of iran must allow human rights groups to monitor and report facts from the ground on the ongoing protests from the iranian people. those protests calling for officials involved in downing of the plane be removed from their positions. iran's foreign minister apologizing for the tragedy but placing blame on the u.s., human err

i'm eric thomas. we have team coverage tonight on kobe bryant's life and legacy. we begin with the investigation into the helicopter crash that killed him and his daughter. abc7 news reporter romina is live along the crash site. >> reporter: fans are still here late at nate mourning the city's beloved athlete with candles, flowers, donning their lakers hat and jerseys as investigators try to piece together what happened. this is the fiery scene where a helicopter carrying nba legend kobe bryant and eight other people crashed, killing everyone on board. >> south of 101, helicopter went down. >> reporter: bryant reportedly 13-yeaolerbasket g >> ieard ai noise.>>ep devastat

good evening, thanks for joining us, eric thomas. >> dion lim.ackers fans held a rally in palo alto with appearances from former players and team president and cheese head fans. >> anser hassan. >> go pack, go. >> reporter: bay area is niners country, but tonight green bay fans found a home. >> it's been awesome, fantastic. being around all my people. >> go pack go! >> reporter: christie miller is one of the diehards, custom cheese head and everything. joined dozens in palo alto for a rally before the championship game against the niners. >> we were here early, got destroyed about tby the niners. >> reporter: from dublin says don't underestimate green bay qb aaron rodgers. >> he's been in this stage before. and i think he's just ready to really show the world that he's a true legend. i'm excited to see it. >> reporter: former green bay players made it out. jordy nelson, won a super bowl in 2010 and legendary james lofton. hall of fame wide receiver likes green bay's chances. >> started watching the team in august, think they made great strides. t

eric thomas, abc7 news. >> thank you.e thinking of heading to the sierra right now should forget it. check out these caltrans cameras. there are whiteout conditions. you can see not a car in sight. here's why you don't see anyone. cal transis it holding all east bay traffic because of multiplew being pushed out of way here. this is by the plows getting that road clear on 50 at twin bridges at the 6100 foot level. about 20 miles south of state line. the storm is bringing snow to our local peaks. this is about 3,500 up in the santa cruz mountains. plenty of snow on the ground by midday. you should know, there's no public access to this area. did by the way, it means resting place of the humming bird. and you can track storm on live doppler 7 at any time on your phone. just download our abc7 news apple. >>> meanwhile, the historic impeachment trial got underway today. do.o help you god. >> the supreme court in chief john roberts is presiding. earlier in the day the senators sat at their desk as chairman adam schiff read the

trav er eric thomas is live. >> reporter: it was a long meeting yesterday. it finally adjourned at about 1:00 in the morning with no decision from the city council. they decided to come back tonight at 6:30 and finish up on that. at stake, one of the largest housing development projects in the bay area. for more than 12 years, the city of concord has been struggling with plans for redeveloping the old base, which stored bombs and torpedos for navy ships. in 2016, the city contracted with developer leonard corporation to turn this into a gleaming, mixed use development with 13,000 units, and there's no shortage of interest. >> we had over a hundred people comment, about six hours of public testimony. >> concord mayor says plans are currently at an impasse because of a dispute between lennar and the local building trades council over how much union labor should be used. >> that lennar's financial models always assume nonunion wages for the vertical construction. >> lennar and partner 5 point construction say they can't make money using all union workers and th

eric thomas has the story. >> it is just scary that i might not be able to walk again.l. >> reporter: what you're swaching one of many small victories samantha wgs has racked up since she was admitted to the hospital in late winter. this shows the condition she was in after being struck down. it first appeared after a routine dental visit when her legs went numb. i told my sister, i couldn't breathe flag she was going to take me outside and i stood up and i just collapsed. >> reporter: mom first rushed her to a local emergency klum immediately transferred her to beenoff children's hospital in oakland. >> by the time i got her here a couple hours later, she couldn't even lift her right leg. her arms were just falling back in her face. >> reporter: doctors view willv eventually diagnosed her with a disease that is rep miss theent of poe willio of early symptoms mimic a cold. >> we're working on walking right now. standing up. >> nice and tall. >> reporter: there is no cure. theon real treatment is physical therapy. round after round of it. trying restore strength to the a

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in richmond, eric thomas. abc7 news. >>> in san francisco, another project working to build a better bay area, a new housing development opened to residents today. the avery has both luxury condos and affordable housing under one roof. developers worked to put in 150 affordable housing apartments. we want to hear your idea about building a better bay area. >>> storms we have in january certainly helped catch us up. we're still below average for both uranium and snow. officials measured 40.5 inches of snow today near south lake tahoe. that's about 79% of average for this location. this time last year, we were at 98% of normal. these results come in as the u.s. drought monday or the releases the latest conditions across the state. nearly a third of california is considered abnormally dry right now, including multiple bay area counties. but of course, hope springs eternal that in february we'll get more storms. >> yeah. february, march, a bit cry. >> yeah, a bit dry for a while. the season got off to an encouragi

eric thomas joins us live. eric, what are his arnsds? >> reporter: well, the new chief, ed alvarez, has something going for him in that he has come up through the department so he knows very well all the problems that have plagued his predecessors and those problems that he is facing himself right now. how does he plan to combat that? the old-fashioned way. >> this is the hot spot for us currently for the thefts of electronic devices. >> reporter: new b.a.r.t. police chief ed alvarez speaking to reporters at the balboa park station today about his crime reduction strategy. >> 59% of our violent crime is related to electronic theft devices. >> reporter: electronic theft jumped 45% between 2018 and 2019. that's part of the reason that alvarez has decided to put additional cops on trains and in stations to join the unarmed ambassador patrols the b.a.r.t. board approved yesterday. >> with the 12 that we're putting out on monday and now the ambassador program, that's going to give me 22 more bodies, 22 more eyes and ears that will increase ou

live outside the concord city council chambers, eric thomas. >> all right, eric, thanks very much. >>> a pressing need in building a better bay area, of course, addressing the homeless crisis which has gotten so bad. governor newsom signed an executive order to make surplus state land available for temporary shelters. local officials welcome this initiative, some say it still could run into some opposition from neighbors. here's david louie with details on the plan. >> reporter: the governor last summer asked state agencies to find surplus land for potential sites and a map of about 100 locations has been created. two are in santa clara county. the state office building on second street in downtown san jose and the gilroy armory which is used in winter to shelter families in cold weather. >> i think the governor and the mayors of all our cities and the county board of supervisors are working on this issue and we need to do more and do it faster. >> reporter: the governor's executive order calls for mental health and drug treatment services. funds may be budgeted for preventive care fo

. >> as abc7 news anchor eric thomas explains, her mother is now on a mission to warn other parents. >> before all this, everything was normal. >> reporter: but since november, normal for samantha winters has been this room at children's hospital and intense daily visits with physical therapists. >> we are working on walking right now. standing up. >> reporter: in november samantha came down with a mysterious ailment reminiscent of the paralysis of polio, but it's different. it struck during a routine dental visit. >> i told my sister i felt like i couldn't breathe so she was going to take me outside, and i stood up and i just collapsed. >> reporter: mom first rushed her to a local emergency room which immediately transferred her to the children's hospital in oakland. >> by the time we got here, she couldn't even lift her right leg and her arms were just falling back at her face. >> reporter: doctors eventually diagnosed her with acute flaccid myelitis or afm. it's a disease that affects the spinal cord. it's victims are often young. early symptoms mimic a cold leading researchers to

but eric thomas got an inside look at east bay mud's waste water treatment plant. check out the smile on david louis picking up a snowball in the santa cruz mountains. >> you're going to each from each of them in live reports a little later on. >>> first let's go to the expert who's been inside all day, spencer. >> thankfully i've been inside all day. the storm is weakening now but it was pretty intense for a while. we have scattered showers around the bay area right now, pockets of downpours still prevail, though. there's one little downpour, an isolated one but pretty intense moving across the bay toward san leandro and hayward. we still have pockets of rain associated with a weakening storm. it will produce scattered showers tonight and a chance for light snow of the higher peaks and maybe even some isolated thunder. notice as we get later into the night we'll see pockets of showers becoming more widely scattered and lighter. but they'll be with us until just after midnight. as we look ahead to 5:00 a.m. as the morning commute begins, the storm will be just abou

. >> eric thomas has the story from livermore. >> reporter: these tiny spheres just look likeeggs. >> we created they will for removing carbon monoxide. >> reporter: that's worth $10 million -- that's, that's what they are working on. they can manufacture on a massive scandal we all like bunnies. but this is had made of trusses. >> reporter: like the incredibly strong truss that's hold up the bay brink. >> it is very strong. >> reporter: so you can test the strength by know a tiny version without the expense of a full size one. it uses light shown into liquid resin which forms an object where moments ago, there was nothing. >> you start by scanning a tleet picture of what you want to make into a kind of slice by slice movie. >> you make them into a movie. you put them into a projector and it is then against a light sensitive resin. >> it forms and you pour off the remaining liquid. industry loves this place because they don't have to pay for so much research and development. >> they help us develop the next products to do complicated manufacturing applications of the. >> researchers l

. >> eric thomas has the story. >> reporter: there will be some long days ahead for the san mateo deputies, cataloguing box after box after box of stolen laptop computers along with cell phones and high end tv cameras and lenses worth tens of thousands each. you're looking at just part of the stolen property seized when detectives broke up a fencing ring base in the san mateo and san francisco counties. >> we named it the shattered glass case. because most of these come from window slashes. >> as we are all too aware, the bay area suffers from an epidemic of break-ins and thefts. the detectives learned where much of the merchandise was going. it was being fence in the san francisco. then brought back to the county for storage before being resold. possibly overseas. the ring wasn't responsible for the thefts, but they were responsible for what happened next. >> they were selling it themselves so we wanted to go up a level. >> they didn't only cover electronics. they also recovered $150,000 in cash. yesterday, cops launched raids on five san mateo county locations and three in san francisco.

eric thomas, abc7 news. >>> well, market street through downtown san francisco is now officially off limits to private vehicles. >>> the new rules include ride sharing companies which one person on crutches thinks is kind of short sighted. >> at least, if you're in an youb or lyft and you have a hand capped situation, here are designated drop-off spots. a human thing to do. san francisco never considers those things. >> it is important to know that all traffic will be able to cross market on most cross streets. there is talk that private vehicles could be banned next on valencia street in the mission and leavenworth tenderloin. >>> there is new word from the potential apartment. >>> plus the cost of seeing the super bowl in person. larry is live in miami with more. s designed to improve security, but critics say it would make it harder for others to acces >>> hong kong and even taiwan. meantime, apple is temporarily closing two more stores in china. it had already closed three. worldwide, more than 7,700 people are infected with coronavirus. more than 170 have died from the virus. >>

live at walnut creek b.a.r.t with a look at the efforts to build a better bark, eric thomas. >> reporter: ed alvarez spent the last couple of years as the department's second in command, trying to make sure that officers like the trains run on time. b.a.r.t introduced him today and alvarez said job one is simple, police presence in the station and the trains. >> i finally have the opportunity to use the additional police officers to put them out to our system and increase our presence. we know with presence we will be deterring and increase safety in our system. >> reporter: the agency is able to increase the presence with the 19 new officers hired in the past year. alvarez says starting monday 12 will be assigned to right trains at various stations, especially at night and on weekends, to stem what has become an increasing problem. >> unfortunately, 2019 we had 45% up tick in thefts of electronic devices. >> reporter: more than half of the violent crime on b.a.r.t is related to the theft of electronics. the biggest up tick was at balboa station. he is called a good filth. >> he is calle

live at walnut creek b.a.r.t with a look at the efforts to build a better bark, eric thomas. >> reporterpent the last couple of years as the department's second in command, trying to make sure that officers like the trains run on time. b.a.r.t introduced him

. >> i'm eric thomas.rdered the women out on friday and now a real estate cmpany is offering to help with the move, but so far they're staying put. >> abc7 news reporter kate larson joins us live now in oakland with more on this story. kate. >> reporter: well, dion, aer we are on magnolia street. several moms moved into this house across the street in the middle of november they don't own and they don't have a a right to. clearly they have some sort of utilities working, but the signs say moms for housing. four vacant homes for each homeless person in oakland. they are part of a new advocacy group called moms for housing. and on friday, an alameda county judge ruled the families must leave the property within five days or they will get evicted. now, the firm that owns the house called wedge wood properties, they're down in l.a., offered to pay for movers and to pay catholic charities to provide shelter and assistance to the moms for two months. but the mothers called the offer an insult and they posted on

the four videos of the november shotting show an argument unfold between sergeant virgil thomas and eric reason. thomas appears to pull his car into a parking spot cutting reason off. you then see the two men arguing. reason returns to his van and appears to pull out a gun. approaching thomas again and continuing that fight. as reason walks away, thomas fires. vallejo police reached out to us about ten minutes ago saying the video was released because police completed their investigation. the district attorney must now complete and review and render a finding. >>> taking you outside, let's take a look at san francisco and san jose. looks like the clouds are a billowbit lower in san francisco. look at this video from piedmont. you see the showers coming down a little while ago. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking when that rain will move out and the fog that's yet to come. >> this one has been a slow-moving storm system today. in fact the system is continuing to linger right now over the peninsula and also the east bay. it was impressive up in the north bay with 42/100 of an inch. l

eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> surviving the north bay wildfires was just the start of a saga for a santa rosa woman. >> she's rebuilding her home and her resilience is tested again when her new house was trashed by an uninvited party of teenagers. >>> people who lived actions speak louder than words. she was a school teacher. my dad joined the navy and helped prosecute the nazis in nuremberg. their values are why i walked away from my business, took the giving pledge to give my money to good causes, and why i spent the last ten years fighting corporate insiders who put profits over people. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message. because, right now, america needs more than words. we need action. >>> new developments in the corruption scandal rocking san francisco's city government. it started with two people arrested, including the director of public works. >> and tonight, a sfo commissioner who did not accept a bribe has resigned from her job. >> we have the latest from melanie. >> reporter: according to her resignation letter, sfo commissioner, linda creighton is resigning for healt

and eric thomas spoke with him one-on-one asking how he plans on winning. actually share in common.poll showing bernie sanders in the lead in california for the very first time. he has been focused on winning the latino vote and that could pay off for him. koortsd according to pew research center, democrats hold a 2:1 advantage among latino voters. a report number will be eligible to vote in november eve general election and they will have a greater impact on the primary election because california which has the largest latino population moved up its primary from june to march. >>> we took an in-depth look at sanders' strategy in the brand new series called chasing california, and it leads up to the presidential primary covering everything in between. you can watch chasing california on our website abc7news.com or on the digital platforms. >>> and if you don't like working out and you just think that fitness can be boring, there is a new modern option out sthatou are new year. dion lim shows us how the virtual workout might change the way that you look at going to the gym. ♪ >> blac

. >> good evening, i'm eric thomas. >> 49ers fans across the bay area are celebrating tonight. lit up in red and gold. the 9ers beat the packers 37-20. >> let's get to abc 7 sports director larry beil live from levi stadium where you saw the domination. >> reporter: for the second straight playoff game, you're absolutely right, and the 49ers are heading to the super bowl for the first time since the 2012 season bound for miami, which the faithful will remember it was the scene of their last super bowl win. that was 25 years ago, and today the story the nfc championship game, the star was not jimmy g. it wasn't george kittle. it wasn't necessarily richard sherman. it was raheem mostard. he's such a great story. he began the year as the third string tail back, previously cut by six other teams before finding a home with the 49ers, and today his home was the end zone. he rushesirs way to a 37-20 win over the packers, and the celebration after the game just filled with emotion. you could see it there. remember, the 9ers were 4 and 12 last year. use an old jim harbaugh line, nobody.

. >>> good evening, i'm eric thomas, deon is off tonight.n tonight's headlines, berkley police are searching for a suspect in a deadly hit and run. 29-year-old alexander mcgee is suspected of running over and killing a homeless woman while speeding away from officers on monday. police have found his car. they say, he is armed and dangerous. in san jose, peter rodriguez was arrested this morning for the murder of a woman. police say, rodriguez called 9-1-1 to get somebody to check on her and whenhey found the wo with multiple stab wounds. the district attorney's office has decided to withdraw a complaint against a man shot by police in the mission. the -- the da said the charges have not been dropped but the police department disagrees. -- >>> president trump's lawyers have gotten their chance to defend him. we are on capitol hill with the latest. >> you will find that the president did absolutely nothing wrong. >> reporter: the president's defense team going on the offensive. attacking lead house manager adam schiff and his summary of the pr

i'm eric thomas.s ticking for four mothers who have been squatting inside a vacant oakland house since november. on friday, a judge gave them until the end of this week to move out. the county sayer sheriff's office says they will force that eviction order. the women declined an offer for temporary housing. >> a man is recovering after shot in the hip and robbed of his laptop. it happened friday at a bus shelter. it comes only weeks after a man died during laptop theft in oakland's montclair neighborhood. >> a neighborhood is oen alert after an arsonist hit the house twice in the last four days. cameras caught a suspect throwing a device that landed on the roof. police say based on the video, the suspect's appears to be wearing a hooded sweatshirt or jacket like colored pants, shoes, and a backpack. >> now to the iran crisis. defense secretary mark esper said he has seen no hard thaefdz iran is planning an imminent attack on four u.s. embassies. iran was probably preparing such an attack and that's ye

eric thomas spoke with bloomberg one-on-one and asked about plans on winning. bloomberg says he believes he can reach across party lines and find what americans share in common. >>> a recent poll showing bernie sandners the lead in california for the first time, focused on winning the latino vote and that could pay off big time. according to the new pew research center data, democrats hold nearly a two to one advantage among latino registered voters. a record number of latinos eligible to vote in the general election. and have a greater impact on the primary election because california which has the biggest latino population moved up the primary from june to march for this year. >>> we took an in-depth look at sanders strategy and the first episode of our new series called chasing california. which leads up to the presidential primary. you can watch chasing california in its entirety on abc 7 news.com and our digital platforms. >>> well, it's a new year new you. you probably said working out would be a new year's resolution. if you think fitness can be boring,

in richmond, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> housing affects all of us. it's why we dedicated a week of our building a better bay area coverage to that topic for issues from renters to homeowners to solutions to the future. you can find all of the stories online at abc7news.com/better bay area. >> some terrific report throng for you. >>> let's move on. just days to go now until super bowl liv between the 49ers, of course, and the kansas city chiefs. >> and they are not the only teams in miami. we have an entire abc7 news news team there as well. >> including abc7 sports director larry beil reporting live in miami once again. >> dan, ama, there is a lot of media attention surrounding one specific 49ers assistant coach, katie sowers. katie will become the first female assistant coach in super bowl history come sunday when the 49ers meet the kansas city chiefs. sowers will be the -- sowers in her second season with the niners. before that she was with the falcons. played in a women's tackle football league. so she really knows the game. and we talk with some

eric thomas spoke with bloomberg one-on-one asking him you how he plans to win.common. >>> a recent poll showing bernie sanders in the lead in california for the first time. he has been focusing on winning the latino vote. and that pay off for him according to the pew research center democrats mold a 2 to 1 advantage among latinos. a record number of latinos will be eligible to vote in the general election and have a greater impact on the primary election because california with the largest latino population moved up the primary from june to march of this year. >>> on this saturday morning a cheh we can the forecast our meteorologist lisa argen. hey, see is a. >> good morning to you. look at in pretty view from walnut creek creek. mount diablo with partly cloudy conditions. a nice afternoon but a cold start. 37 in gilroy. 47 downtown. and the clouds here from the golden gate bridge, a little bit of a braze out there. 12 to 15 miles an hour. offshore right now. 37 by the delta. 36 in snappa and 35 in livermore. we have had fog there that continues. quarter mile vi

virgil thomas, the off-duty officer, pulled into the spot first. the video that shows eric reason parking his behind thomas and walking over to confronting. after the two exchanged words reason walked back to his bed and opened the hood reaching in to grab something. he retrieved what looked like a gun and walked back to thomas. the two exchanged words again. a different angle gives a closer look at the two exchanging words and reason is seen turning around, walking towards them, and that is when thomas took out a gun and fired the first shot. reason took off running, thomas ran after him continuing to fire shots and reason was eventually stuck. the richmond police officers association released a statement that said the video proves thomas acted in self- defense and reinforces thomas was in a position where he was forced to protect himself and the public. reasons family has hired a civil rights attorney who told the sims a mercury news, quote, this video shows a cold lighted murder. thomas is on temporary administrative leave vallejo police and the solano county district at

that video showing what led up to the argument between eric reason and sergeant virgil thomas who appears to be pulling in a spot in front of reason. reason returns owe to his van and pulls out a gun and after more arguing thomas fires. he fires more shots as reason runs off. vallejo police released that video late last might after completing an investigation. any charges would now be in the hands of the solano county district attorney. >>> 4:37 and now to a big move when it comes to tenants' rights in oakland. city leaders are behind a proposal that would ban landlords from asking about criminal history. >> and being rejected due to a criminal record. applying to public and private houses. it would be the strictest of that type of law in california if it passed. the city council passed the rule unanimously last night. a final vote is scheduled for february 4th. berkeley is expected to vote on a similar measure next month. >>> bob powers will be in contra costa county for the listening tour. he's working to get feedback from riders. powers will be at athe antioch b.a.r.t. station this mor

you n see in off to the richmond police officer, virgil thomas anthen also eric reason of delay whoa. so the tomb and they t into some sort of confrontation right there at the as station. moments later the off-du officegoes after reason with a gun drawn and then he opens fireeventually killing him. investigators said that thomas shot reason because he believed that reason pose an immediate threat and attorneys representing reasons family says the officer initiated the confrontaion. well there's now a $20,000 reward foany arrest of a palo altoin a palo alto homide case. the shooting hapened early tuesday morning this is right along san antonio road near west middlefull road in palo alto that's where police say they found a man lying right there in the parking lot with a gunshot wound the man underwent surgery, buthe died police say that they do not have any information about any suspects ormotive at this time. we'll take a look at this these 2 men riht here in those for me outfit. they're being credited for stopping an alleged domestic violence incident, so this happened in n josthis i

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you can see an off-duty richmond police officer has been identified as virtual thomas and eric reason of the lay of the to get into some sort of a confrontation. at this gas station and moments later the offir for the off-dutyofficer goes after reason with his gun drawn and eventually opens fire killing him. now investigators say that thomas shot reason because he beeved that reason pose an immediate threat but the attorneys representing reasons family says it was the officer that initiated that confrontation. a week from today cars wilno longer be able to travel up or down a specific secti of market street in san francisco, those westbound from stuart stre of an and that eastbound fr 10th street to mainstreet. it all part of the ty's effort to make it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, however, cars will still be able to cross over market street you just can't drive be posted to warn drivers about the changes. >>the family of the signs. >>there's no turns on the mart street from the side streets except for taxis transit bicyes. commercial vehicles. so primarily a see signs. ao hav

the bottom right corner you can see off to the richmond police officer virtual thomas and eric reason of the lay of th 2 got into some sort of a confrontation here at the s station. moments later that off-duty officer goes afr reasowith a gun drawn and opens fire killing him. investigators say thomas shot reason because he believ that reason posed an immediate threat, but the attorneys representing reasons family says it was the officer who initiated that confrontation. >>new this morning oakland city leaders are tryi to address the homelessness crisis was something new they are banning background checks, crimil background checks in housing, so a landlord wouldn't be able to do a check a prospective tenantthe city council st passed the fair house chance ordinance landlords will not be able to conduct criminalackground checkfor tenants there 6 months for this to kick in the supporters of the measure say a lot more people who ever rord acts cars to find a place to live get him off the streets, but opponents are worried that it will make neighborhoods less safe. 2 majorbay area based pla

thomas. that's >>and eric reason allay whoa confrontation at a gas station and moments latethe off-duty officer goes after the other man with a gun drawn and open firend he killed him. investigators say that thomas shot reason becausehe believed that reason posed immediateeat. the attorneys representing reasons family says the officer initiated the confrontation. newhis morning oakland city leaders are tryg to address the homelessness crisis by banning criminal background checks of tenants e city counci passed the fair house chance ordinance bs lanords from conducting criminal background ccks on tenants supporters say and a more people who have a record acts cars to find housing and keephim off the streets, but opponents say it will make neighborhoods less safe. there is a 6 month period for this to take effect. >>one week from today cars ill no longer be able to travel up or down a specific sectionof market street in san francisco cars apparently will be baedestbound from stuart street of an s and then eastound from 10th street to main stre it's all part of the city's efforts to make it safer

both drivers going for the same parking spot here and virgil thomas, the off-duty officer, pulled into the spot first. the video then shows eric reason parking his dad behind thomas and then walking over to confront him. after the two exchanged words reason walks back to his bed and opened the hood so you can see he reached in to grab something. he retreat what looked like a gun and then walked back towards thomas. the two exchanged words again and check out a different angle. it shows a closer look at them exchanging words and reason is seen turning around, walking towards us then, and that is when thomas takes out a gun and fired the first shot. reason took off running, thomas ran after him continuing to fire atemen saying that the video proves that thomas actee foed toprt himself on the public. reason's family has hired a civil rights attorney telling the san jose mercury news, quote, this video shows a cold- blooded murder. thomas is on temporary administrative leave and vallejo police and e salon karen district attorney's office are now investigating. >>> governor newsom will visit the san francisco transbay terminal as p

virgil thomas the off-duty officer pulled into the spot first. the video then shows eric reason parking his van behind thomas and walking over to confront in. after they exchanged words reason walked back to his van and opened the hood reaching in to grab something. he retreat what looked like a gun and walked back to thomas. the two exchanged words again. a different angle gives a closer look at the two exchanging words. recently seen turning around walking towards his van and that is when thomas took out a gun and fired e first shot. reason took off running and thomas ran after him continuing to fire shots. reason was eventually constructed the richmond police officers association released a statement and said the video proves that thomas acted in self-defense and reinforces he was in a position where he was forced to protect himself and the public. reason's family has hired a civil rights attorney who told the senate so renews comical, this video shows a cold-blooded murder. thomas is on temporary administratively. >>> developing news out of las vegas this morning. the

thomas to guarantee that justice is served. fear has spread through our community and we must restore peace. ericah stabbings with six counts of attempted murder in the second degree and several other charges including assault, attempted assault and burglary. as you may know, five people were injured when the 37-year-old man allegedly broke into the home of a rabbi during hanukkah celebration last week and attacked the people there with machete. one elderly victim remains in a coma. we're told he may never wake up. new york governor cuomo calling it an act of domestic terrorism but the suspect's family says he is profoundly mentally ill. fox news legal analyst is joining and a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor is also joining us. good to see you both. the line between mental illness and being in your right mind and hate crime anti-semitic attack, what's the challenge that prosecutors have? >> the biggest challenge of course is one that so far we don't really have evidence of this mental illness. although the attorneys have come forward and he's been very aggressive in setting forth

thomas who is with us now. always great to see you. >> thank, eric.ou know you're getting old when you're referred to as a legend. eric: to me you are. you write about what you see happening and you're not too pleased. tell me about it. >> eric, i found that there is a pattern to the decline of super powers, nations, states and empires. i profile eight of them in my book including rome, spain, persia, russia and even the u.k. which is now facing breakup thanks to separateist movements in scotland and wales. even though economies are good in many of these nations, states and empires and the united states, an economy, a healthy economy is not the only thing that is necessary to sustain these empires. you look at what's happening in all of these, and in america too, what are the common denominators for decline, one is uncontrolled immigration without asimulation. we're becoming tripes in america, -- tribes in america, becoming hyphenated in america, massive national debt is another characteristic. we're $23 trillion in debt, eric. and neither the republi

video shows the lead up to the argument between eric reason and a police sergeant virgil thomas who appears to put in front of a spot in return and he returns to his van and appears to pull out a gun and then after more arguing thomas fires. he fires more shots at reason as he runs off. vallejo police released this video last night after completing an investigation. any charges would now be in the hands of solano county district attorney. >>> a $20,000 reward to track the person who shot and killed a man early yesterday in a palo alto parking lot. happened at about 3:00 a.m. on san antonio road. officers arrived to find an unidentified man in his 50s shot in the stomach. police say doctors couldn't save him. so far they have no motive or information about a possible suspect. >>> now to a big move when it comes to tenant rights in oakland. a proposal would ban landlords from asking about criminal history. and also ban tenant being rejected due to criminal record. it would apply to public and private housing. if the new limitations pass it would be the strictest of that type of law in califor

eric: you know james, you set a little bit lost. thomastranged father calls this a cheapening of the royal family. he called them both including his daughter, lost souls. to think it's a chance they could take this year. they say after years break they could return? >> while i think it obviously remains to be seen what they are actually going to achieve this year. i think that is one of the things out laying the fact that it's really never happened before as to the extent were a royal wants to achieve something that only financially independent as harry and meghan have said in that statement, but also it's about created freedom as wellin terms of the commercial ventures that have been discussed and what they want to achieve. we are already hearing the talks and the rumors about deals with the likes of disney, netflix for example. does that actually amount to anything, will it amount to anything? you have to remember that for meghan this is returning to a life that she did once no and is relatively normal for her. for a harry, however, it i

eric resenoppe his trunk of his car and pulls out a pistol. his attorney is calling on the d.a. to charge thomas, but an attorney for the officer believes investigators will conclude the killing was justified. >>> more than 100 ebay employees are losing their jobs after the tech giant cut jobs. employees worked in ebay san jose headquarters as well as another office in san jose and san francisco. among the positions cut, software engineering and marketing. ebay employs roughly 14,000 people worldwide. >>> the market is softening giving some relief for renters in the bay area. for the first time in years, rent did not go up by double digits, but it's still rising slowly. scott budman is in san jose with relatively encouraging news for renters. scott. >> we've got rental prices over the last year here in san jose have evened out because the number of construction projects have gone up, a number of residents have gotten fed up with high prices and have moved out. if you're looking to rent here in the bay area, you'll still find prices among the highest in the nation. >> basically the rents are not

eric reason was shot and killed by an off-duty officer in richmond. the video shows reason having what appears to be short but heated discussions with richard thomas. then as reason turns back toward his van sergeant thomas can be seen drawing a weapon from the belt of his pants and opens fires. >>> police in san francisco report a decrease in crimes last year. rates decline 15%. burglaries decrease 14%. the number of robberies and aggravated assaults also decreased. >> we have a lot more work ahead, we know that. it's been said i've said it the district attorney said it one homicide is too many. >> then it's up to the prshlgts to decide what to do with that information. >>> a non profit program that teaches oakland children how to ride bikes needs help from the public. a 15' van used to haul bikes and safety gear to schools was stolen. there weren't any bikes in the van when it was taken but the van is a vital piece of equipment for the program that's now on hold for the rest of this week. >> i had my first new program that i was going to be doing and i'm not going to be able to make it so i'm going to have to postpone that >>> howard kado founded

eric reason. reason was shot in november after an argument over a parking space. reason in the white t-shirt can be seen pulling a gun and running away as thomas draws his weapon and fires. vallejo police claim as he was running, reason raised his gun at some point. they say thomas kept firing because he believed reason posed an immediate threat to him. >>> berkeley city officials are considering whether to set up temporary tents to house the homeless. the berkeley city council discussed the emergency plan last night. the shelter would house about 75 people in a storage yard. it's located off interstate 80. the city conducted an online survey among residents about the proposed shelter. 53% approved. 43% disapproved. caltrans says it is not safe to have lodging underneath their structures. >> within the next year we want to get people into permanent housing. within the next month we want to prevent people from dying of exposure. >> the outdoor temporary shelter would have restrooms, have showers and likely be managed by a non-profit. >>> uc regents are putting off a vote to raise tuition. they were supposed to take this up meeting today in san

between the drivers, eric reason pops open the hood of his car and then takes out -- again it is a gun. and he pops open the hood and that is when the off-duty police officer virgil thomas pulled out his pistol and started firing as reason is running away. >> a guy is clearly running away. and you continue to shoot gone whatever danger was gone. >> but the officer's attorney believes investigators will conclude the killing was justified. >>> a major change in san francisco's criminal justice system. prosecutors will no longer be allowed to ask for a cash bail for a person awaiting trial. that means whether or not sn someone will remain incarcerated is based on the risk of public safety not if they have money. the d.a. called it discriminatory and unsafe and the new policies take effect today. >>> the governor was in his old stomping ground welcoming governors from other states to san francisco to talk about fixing infrastructure and used the new salesforce transit center as the back drop. we are joined in san francisco with the details. lilly. >> reporter: it wasn't even a year ago there was a support beam in the center of the road, the transit center was closed for 278

the video shows 38-year-old eric reason box in another car with his van and get into a heated confrontation with offduty richmond police officer virgel thomas in the parking lot. reason then pops his hood and pulls out a gun. that's when thomas takes out his pistol and seconds later, begins firing at reason as he runs away. >> i think the video speaks for itself. i think that sergeant thomas was put in a position where he is forced to protect himself and the public. >> the guy is running away. clearly running away. and you continue to shoot after he is gone. whatever danger there was gone. >> reporter: burress says the shooting was way over the top. but the officer's attorney says sergeant thomas felt he, his wife and the public were in danger. he said thomas told reason he was a police officer, but the man didn't drop his weapon. >> he ended up running through the parking lot in what would u position or an attempt to reposition himself to gain tactical advantage to try to fire at sergeant thomas. >> reporter: burress says seeing the video is incredibly painful for the family. they think thomas should face criminal charges. >> prosecute him

eric reason was shot and killed by an off-duty police sergeant in richmond. now the video shows reason having what appears to be a short but heated discussion with richmond sergeant vergil thomas then reason is seen walking with a gun towards thomas off camera. then reason turns back towards his van, sergeant thomas can be seen drawing a weapon from the belt of his pants and opening fire. the incident remains under investigation. reason's family is considering legal action. >>> the search goes on for a 20-year-old man who mysteriously disappeared in san francisco. two weeks ago today, amir a alkahaza. the last person who saw amir says he was headed to a restaurant with a man he didn't know very well. >> one of his friends he told me this guy, he's a bad guy and he carries a gun. >> he was like, yeah, just come over to my house later on. call me. and i called him twice later on that night and he didn't answer. >> there's no reason for him to be gone this long and for us not to have any clues, anything. >> now amir has only been back in his parent's home since summer after spending 8 months in the county jail for connection to a burglary. he's been in a diversion program for you

eric reason. reason was shot in november after an argument over a parking space. reason in the white t-shirt can be seen pulling a gun and running away as thomasws his weapon and fires. vallejo police claim as he was running, reason raised his gun at some point. they say thomas kept firing because he believed reason posed an immediate threat to him. >>> this wild video is making the rounds this morning. why people in pajamas and dinosaur costumes were seen fighting on a sidewalk. plus -- >>> bernie fighting back. his response after hillary clinton's comments saying no one likes him. >>> and free nachos for the niners. one restaurant serving up all the nachos you want for the entire week. >> that looks tasty. right now we'll talk about how the weather is looking today. what do we have? >> it's a little gray and misty. it's improving. we'll see improvement thes by the afternoon. starting out with live doppler 7. you'll notice there is fog. that ris represented by the gra. there the moisture is just mist and drizzle. it's falling below the radar beam. it's been slick out there, so do be careful in the hills there, the higher elevations, but look

eric reason was shot and killed by an off-duty police sergeant from richmond. now the video shows reason having what appears to be a short but heated discussion with richmond sergeant vergil thomas. then reason is seen retrieving a gun from his van walking towards thomas. reason turns back towards his van. sergeant thomas can be seen drawing a weapon from his belt and opening fire. reason's family is considering legal action. >>> police in san francisco report a decrease in crime in the city last year. homicides were down 11%. rapes declined 15%. burglaries down 14% and auto burglaries dropped 2%. >> we have a lot more work ahead, we know that. it's been said, the mayor said it, i said it and you'll hear us say it time and time again one homicide is too many. one car break-in is too many. >> the chief also talked about working with the new district attorney chesa budine then it's up to the prosecutors to decide what to do with that information. >>> time is now 5:04. another new report from san francisco shows a huge jump in the number of people who died from heroin and fentanyl overdoses last year compared to 2018. 234 deaths last year in san francisco are linked to fentanyl. up