here's tom freedman's theory of case. either trump's real estate empire has taken large amounts of money from oligarchs linked to the kremlin so much so that they literally own him or rumors are true that he engaged in sexual misbehave while he was in moscow running the ms. usa pageant. or he trump believes vladimir putin when he says he is innocent of intervening in our elections. either way,s he is hiding something so threatening to himself or he's critically incompetent to be commander in chief. let's get started with my panel tonight. jonathan, after a weekend after this much to deal with, feel free to grab any piece of it and your reaction to where we are tonight. >> whatever the motives that tom freedman laid out, we're going to find out about a year from now when the house of representatives, if the democrats take control and that's a big if, begin their impeachment proceedings against him. because that will happen. that's what was clear from this week, this weekend, the key word to understand, the key phrase is de

freedman. welcome. >> thank you.opies of the materials that we submitted. >> go ahead. >> okay. good afternoon. i am mayor joan cox. thank you for allowing me to speak. i hope you've had an opportunity to review the materials submitted for thursday's staff report. we tried to get them in as quickly as possible given the large amount of information. we're here to request three things. one, continue the hearing of the planning commission to a date that's at least 30 days out or two adopt the additional mitigation measures that we've listed in our letter, or three, sustain our appeal and prepare the requested eir or sever the fort baker from the project. continuing the hearing is our preferred approach, and we believe it should be the port's and nps's preferred approach as well. unfortunately, as explained in more detail in the follow up correspondence we transmitted, we believe that the project description in the fmnd is inaccurate. we've given you concrete examples of that in writing, and our counsel, art freedman, wh

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that was the first sentence of a column by tom freedman. it describes the trump presidency in truly threatening terms, threatening to the united states of america. tom freedman was not scheduled to post a column, but at the end of a weekend of presidential misbehavior, he felt himself compelled to say something. it is one of the most instructive in the history of new york times columns. he travels the world trying to translate everything that's happening into clear concepts that readers around the world need to know. you might not agree with everything you read in friedman columns, but they are a search for the world's best ideas and that is a search that is usually optimistic. those columns are read closely by leaders around the world, but it is entirely possible that the president of the united states has never read a tom friedman column. he sounds like someone who has never read one. but if he reads just one, we should all hope it's this one which ends this way. this is code red. the biggest threat to the integrity of our democracy today

wayne freedman has some of the responses he's hearing tonight. >> reporter: people are bussing over what the president had to say, if you didn't read ill or hear it, here you go. if we ever say, let cal cal alone, let them figure it out for themselves. they would begging for us to come back. >> every day this man says something that is so hateful and ignorant, it never ceases to amaze me. >> reporter: all this stems from california having declared itself a so-called sanctuary state one that limits immigration and customs enforcement. >> they're doing a lousy management job, they have the highest taxes in the nation, and they don't know what's happening out there, it's frankly a disgrace. >> it the idea that california is doing a poor job when we are the sixth largest economy in the world, when we are the center of innovation is ridiculous. we are standing up for our values. >> mayor shaft was not alone, from 16 mayor mark farrell, quote, the president's declaration to abdicate the federal government's obligation is more of the same from this administration, once again choosing politics o

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wayne freedman made the long winding drive and says the viewing is fascinating on many fronts. >> reporter: this was an uncharacteristically warm winter day at drake's beach in marin county, now the bad news, it was closed. here's why. guys like this, an elephant seal and feeling territorial on a beach filled with anxious female what are rems not far away. aren't they lovely? here's a closer look from sky 7. when the males return to point ray's national seashore, it's all about love according to the national parks service. >> they get up to 15 feet long. >> reporter: 15-foot long rivals bound. >> they first lift up their heads, they'll do some vocalization, and sometimes that's all it takes is just the vocalization and the male will give up and go away. >> reporter: despite the closed signs, however, humans did not give up and go away. quite the opposite. >> exceeding expectations. this is awesome, i don't want to leave. >> reporter: by the middle of the 1800s i elephant seals were overhunted almost to extinction. hence the closed beach, a ban on hunting and 2,400 love starved elephant sea

here is wayne freedman with the latest over a custody battle over a cat. >> reporter: watch her with three-year-old darrcy. >> devastating. >> reporter: both cats disappeared. darcy, she found. and mack too. >> they named him phoenix. >> reporter: after the fire mack turned up at the animal shelter. when shelby saw those pictures the family claimed him only to learn that the shelter found mack a new home. >> the shelter did a dna case. >> it did confirm that the cat is the exact cat as mack. >> reporter: santa rosa if a family loses a pet and someone else adopts that pet, the family that lost it in the first place has the right to file a claim to get that pet back. what makes this case different is the family that adopted mack doesn't want to give him up. >> is there precedent for something like this? >> none. >> reporter: mack remains in limbo. >> how do you split a family up and are you okay with that at the end of the day. >> reporter: family lost two homes and mourns the absence of this fellow the most. >> heartless. >> reporter: in santa rosa wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> turni

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and as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman explains things are stirred up. >> reporter: in sonoma county it is more common than you might have imagined. catherine titus barely escaped the flames. she believes the county's emergency response system should have done a better job in warning her. yesterday supervisor james gore heard a briefing of the as yet released support. >> i want to apologize for not having the foresight with my colleagues with our other folks and not having a focus to review things of where they needed to be. >> reporter: no one discounts the heroism of first responders. this is body camera footage of a sonoma county sheriff who went door to door. >> it was run for your life. >> reporter: the sonoma county sheriff's department received 450 hours for hours. that night the county never activated its integrated public alert system. today sergeant crumb says the sheriff's department would have used the system if allowed. >> the sheriff's department does not have access. >> reporter: should it? >> yes it should. >> reporter: a case of hindsight being 20/20. doing their bes

wayne freedman has reported on this before and has this new update. >> reporter: welcome to that branch of limbo knowns athe sandman hotel in santa rosa where john trillia spends a lot of time working jigsaw puzzles. they're a perfect metaphor in describing what's happened to his 91-year-old life. >> that's how much know, a lot of scattered pieces. >> reporter: for john, limbo came when he was fortunate when his place survived the firestorm at journey's end mobile home park. four months later he still has a massive cleanup in his backyard, a red tag on the door, and now no prospects of returning home any time soon or permanently, now that the owner has announced he will not rebuild. many of the fixed-income residents haven't the money to move their homes if they could move their homes. their only prospect for relief a plan by burbank housing to buy this lan from the owner and build 160 low-income housing units. >> it's important that the property be used for housing and particularly for seniors. >> reporter: but that will take time and money. the latter especially has been a source of f

. >> wayne freedman has reported on the plight of journey's end mobile home park before and joins us live now with the very latest. wayne? >>> all right, thank you for staying with us. once again let's get back out to that mobile home park in santa rosa. >> wayne freedman is there with the story of some folks who are still dealing with red tagged homes. wayne. >> reporter: hi, dan, do you hear me now? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: good. tv is not easy. sometimes we just make it look easy. it's actually pretty hard. this is the journey's end mobile home park behind me. as i was saying, it is the front yard for these mobile homes over here. these are the 44 that survived the firestorm, but their owners were evacuated. after all this time, they still haven't come home and they don't know if they ever will at this point. welcome to that branch of limbo known as the sandman hotel where john spends a lot of time working jigsaw puzzles. they're a perfect metaphor in describing what's happened to his 91-year-old life. >> that's how much i know. a lot of scattered pieces. >> reporter: for john, l

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and as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman explains things are stirred up. >> reporter: in sonoma county it is more common than you might have imagined. catherine titus barely escaped the flames. she believes the county's emergency response system should have done a better job in warning her. yesterday supervisor james gore heard a briefing of the as yet released support. >> i want to apologize for not having the foresight with my colleagues with our other folks and not having a focus to review things of where they needed to be. >> reporter: no one discounts the heroism of first responders. this is body camera footage of a sonoma county sheriff who went door to door. >> it was run for your life. >> reporter: the sonoma county sheriff's department received 450 hours for hours. that night the county never activated its integrated public alert system. today sergeant crumb says the sheriff's department would have used the system if allowed. >> the sheriff's department does not have access. >> reporter: should it? >> yes it should. >> reporter: a case of hindsight being 20/20. doing their bes

here is wayne freedman with the latest over a custody battle over a cat. >> reporter: watch her withear-old darrcy. >> devastating. >> reporter: both cats disappeared. darcy, she found. and mack too. >> they named him phoenix. >> reporter: after the fire mack turned up at the animal shelter. when shelby saw those pictures the family claimed him only to learn that the shelter found mack a new home. >> the shelter did a dna case. >> it did confirm that the cat is the exact cat as mack. >> reporter: santa rosa if a family loses a pet and someone else adopts that pet, the family that lost it in the first place has the right to file a claim to get that pet back. what makes this case different is the family that adopted mack doesn't want to give him up. >> is there precedent for something like this? >> none. >> reporter: mack remains in limbo. >> how do you split a family up and are you okay with that at the end of the day. >> reporter: family lost two homes and mourns the absence of this fellow the most. >> heartless. >> reporter: in santa rosa wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> turning the a

even conservative economists like milton freedman thought the idea has merit.ns by elon musk and on ther tech titans. in stockton, california, they are going to give folks $500 in basic income. we are in the midst of a technology book that's taking a lot of jobs, and some think there is a place for new deal for those people displaced by artificial intelligence. but people need to work for a number of reasons. stockton's unemployment is 6.6%. 20% of the adults don't have a high school diploma and many can't speak english. also give them skills and instill a sense of pride. that's to me is a universal goal that's more enriching than a handout. family bruce and katie frates. complete let me start with you, peter. i have written extensively about this. what are your thoughts on this. this booming idea, universal basic income. >> i don't agree with it. i think it makes no sense. i think what we should be doing is we should take the money we are spending on welfare and poverty program and take that money and concert it into jobs in the private sector where possible,

the recent arrest of doctors who criticized the turkish offensive in syria a she spoke to michele freedman about cross latest crackdown let's listen. to three thousand search and see who said nothing while people were massacred in syria i don't find that i mean that i respect their opinion but i don't mind if i don't mind police k. only because. this was the quote no to war peace no that's a reason to call them people terrorists lovers when you when they're doing this to support and expressing their to support for wiping which is a terrorist organization express and support so barbara listening to that interview turkey is saying that essentially it's facing threats of terrorism at home this is national security what is it is reaction to that. the u.s. reaction is to say clearly that one has absolutely no credibility whatsoever because branding your political opponents terrorists i mean that is that has been done again again in history by autocratic or even fascist governments and so everybody knows that move aaron if you once to tell the world and if he wants to convince europeans that the

. >> they spoke only with abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman. >> reporter: here is the video that so much of northern california wanted to see. shelby wallace with her feline family, mack and his sister darcy, reunited. >> mack new immediately. it was the first person he ran to. >> reporter: mack had quite an odyssey, from lost cat to disputed cat when shelby and her family learned another couple had adopted him and declined to give him up despite a dna test. >> it's been an emotional roller coast e coaster. >> reporter: the animal shelter wasn't able to force a return. >> how do you split a family up? are you okay with that at the end of the day? >> reporter: social media rallied with hundreds of comments. mack even got his own hashtag, #givemackback. in a community ravaged by loss and sorrow, shelby's quest to get mack home became symbolic. >> america just wants something right to happen. >> reporter: the family that adopted mack never commented publicly. but yesterday, whether due to legal pressure or public pressure, they gave the cat up. the animal shelter says it was an emotion

above the napa valley, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> if this early bud break is a product of global warming it may have long-term consequences. in the future replanning could be expensive and might be only a few years off in some cases. abc 7 news meteorologist lisa largen is here with more. >> ever a a couple of days we are going in the other direction which we see mild weather. then definitely the cooler air headed our way. we definitely are looking at some changes. but unfortunately not the ones we want in terms of rainfall. so as we get started tonight this is the way it's going to look the next several days with some very mild weather headed our way. in fact, as we look at the trends you notice that we talk about santa rosa with average highs in the low 60s. how about upper 60s for tomorrow and saturday. and then a cold front moves in with much, much cooler weather headed our way sunday. windy conditions and the cold air sticks around monday and tuesday. could have frost and freeze warnings look at live doppler 7 right now it's clear. and in fact that makes for another chilly n

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman has the story. >> they were silhouettes on a cliff. they made beautiful pictures in a beautiful spot. yet also in a life threatening situation. >> you want to talk to the new know, sir. >> he hoes his welfare to the fire department after a rescue from high above marshal beat beach down the golden gate. >> decided to come up the other way got trapped halfway up. >> the coastal rescue told us the hardest part was locating the hikers and getting ropes to them. at 70 feet up on loose granite unable to move they called for help on cell phones. >> it was slippery there. >> rocky. >> yes. >> steep. >> at some points steep. once at a certain echlgs they walked normally. >> the park police wrote each a ticket for creating a hazardous condition. their identities are ununknown, the level gratitude, we assume the highest. >> what about the men who rescued. >> they were nice. >> were you in danger. >> no. >> which would be easy to say in retrospect. in san francisco wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> coming up next, the crazy housing situation in the

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abc7 news reporter wayne freedman talked to experts about what this will mean for wine. >> reporter: in the napa county wine country, the mustards are out and the picnickers. there are tourists with not a care in the world. >> idyllic, picturesque. it's poetic. >> reporter: but in the hills above, it's troubling as a new normal seems to be emerging, bud breaks in the first week of february. >> the earliest i've seen. >> in how many years? >> 30 years. >> reporter: martin runs vineyards, and his complexities this season, enough to make him lose sleep. an early bud break is not necessarily good news. it exposes the grapes to a longer risk of frost. >> worst case is you could get a temperature difference that would affect some of the ripening and characteristics of the grapes. >> reporter: the vagaries of the climate, the unpredictable nature of climate change, three of the last five crops is broken early. this the latest challege in a year filled with them. >> this whole big creek bed was on fire. >> reporter: that's winery president tom davey showing where last october's fire licked t

santa rosa wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> coming up next we check back in with meteorologist sandhya patel. and a florida boy finally got his toy as >>> an old san francisco free favorite just got a face lift. and it's back open this weekend. reggie teamed up with hood line to show you the new improved randall museum. >> it's always had a great pench high atop the city in corona heights park. the views inside are just as nice as outside. $9 million bought a lot of improvements to the free museum. go the basement and you'll find a model train exhibit behind closed doors since 1961. you had to have special permission to see it. on sunday it's open to everyone. it's a science and education center. home to 100 animal who can't survive in the wild and their habitats gotup grades. >> over here with we have the desert exhibit, a turtle rabbit and igen awe. they are accessible and kids can see them in they can actually touch animals here. >> they look happy. >> their house got renovated. >> the grand reopening sunday on 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on tuesday you can light saber. for first timers

from saenlt rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> looks good. pliney the younger is available through february 15th. >> for some people it might be nice to enjoy the weather have a cold one. >> refreshing pl our meteorologist is next with the sflrl final check on the forecast. >> hiding in plain sight, a woman reported lost is bachelor." >>> there is a new take today on the old story of someone running away and going to hollywood. a missing woman has been found after it was discovered she was a contestant -- she is a contestant on abc's "the bachelor." rebekah marpt nds. she bosse by bekah. that's her official picture and then on the right is the missing person photo. her mother reported her missing in november. the 22-year-old martin easy is competing to win the heart of ary she swent social media silent because of the show. she later tweeted, mom how many times do i have to tell you i don't get cell phone service on "the bachelor." >> one last time update the weather forecast. >> still sunny. >>> absolutely a nice bright weekend. take a look.

here is abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman who was in oakland with some of the responses. first the president. >> if we ever pulled our i.c.e. out and said let california alone and let it figure them out for themselves. if in two months they'd beg for us to come back. they would be begging. >> after president trump said that today, california politicians responded in the opposite manner. >> his statements today are completely consistent with everything that he has said. it demonstrate his ignorance. it demonstrates his racism. >> and maybe his frustration with california having declared itself a so-called sanctuary state. one that limits local police cooperation with immigration and customs enforcement. the president showed california no respect today. >> they are doing lousy management. highest taxes in the nation. and they don't know what's happening out there. it's a frankly a disgrace. >> another ugly myth from the bully in chief. >> mayor shaf wasn't alone in the tone. from san francisco mayor mark farrell, quote we're a sanctuary city because we know the city is safe

in santa rosa wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> well you could be pay ago $25 cent increase in federal gas taxes to pay for road projects. president trump report thely said he could support the tax hike. officials considered the increase for months to fund the infrastructure overhaul released on monday. the federal gas tax is currently 18.4 cents and hasn't been raised in 25 years. >>> the porn star who alleged willy had affair with president trump in 2006 is poised to tell her story. the manager for stephanie clifford known as stormy daniels says her client to free to talk about that alleged sexual encounter. she claims that's because trump's private attorney michael cohen admitted yesterday that he paid clifford $130,000 just before the 2016 election. manager gena rorgds violates the the actress to tell all. >>> an i.c.e. office in morgan hill was the subject of a protest rally today by an immigrant rights group. critics claim the office has had a negative impact on school children and families. david louie was there. >> reporter: it's a building with no identifying signs. the only c

at the hide street pier in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> well, you know the phrase, a good egg. some think it replies to this artwork at palo alto. others disagree. tonight we have the story behind this sculpture and the debate over the future. also the world leader making appearance in san francisco tomorrow. meteorologist drew tum an will be back with the full forecast. you've heard about the sunshine. is there any rain in sight in abc 7 news at 9:00 continues after this. at&t has a network with thousands of best-in-class security experts. which means... more of the eye balls you want watching the network... & less of the ones you don't... more experts preventing security issues & less security threats impacting our customers. more of a highly secure network with more security products available for further protection & less per month than comcast for business internet. switch to at&t internet for business. more & less - that's the power of &. >>> another wild ride on wall street. the dow started down then rallied, soaring 380 points. only to sink in the final minu

a motel room bathtub. >> there are people worse off than i am. >> reporter: in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> people flock to yosemite to see the fire fall. but there's one problem. reporter jason oliveira explains. >> reporter: the phenomenon that is the fire fall effect at yosemite's horse tail fall may not happen this year because of a lack of precipitation. >> we wanted to see if there's an opportunity to look at the fall. horse tail fall. we knew that the stars would have to be aligned. >> reporter: the stars aligned last year. this is video from 2017. horse tail fall on the east side of el capitan glowing orange at sunset. this effect happens during the second half of february when skies are clear and t's enough snow for the waterfall to flow. even if there isn't water this time of year, i noticed last alpenglow.l still see orange, it's the angle of the sun. >> reporter: sightseers and photographers come from all over the world just to catch a glimpse of the annual event. so it will be about 5:15, 5:20. as the sun sets west going towards mariposa and merced, the sun wil

our reporter wayne freedman visited the vineyards to see how they fared. >> a fan blade and a mechanistic race ago clock hard at work. combined they're enough to make anyvinyard manager lose sleep. especially david the morning after a 28 o 27 degree frost. >> in less than two hours it dropped 5 degrees. >> then at 6:15 a.m. the fan broke down. $30 oh part jeopardizing thousands of dollars of early breaking vulnerable buds exposed to the cold. hence the effort to get the fan running today because. the vineyard, the crop appears to have survived so far. >> this is a little tiny close-up right here opinion. and this right here. >> if it were bad what would it look like. >> really brown. >> but there is no consistency to a wine country frost. the very cold hurting early budding chardonnay may be helpful mepful in other parts of the country. >> the vines are very much still asleep. >> a few miles away wine maker evan cameron slept well. the same cold killing elsewhere provided an insurance policy delaying her buds from breaking and reducing the time they are at risk from future winter frost. >

robert freedman was the defense's lead attorney in the penalty phase.trategy was to portray hilton as so mentally damaged to be incapable of responsibility for his actions. freedman began with a pet scan expert who testified about traumatic brain injury he had suffered as a 10-year-old. >> he was taken to st. joseph's hospital in tampa and given 200 stitches. and this is an example of the murphy bed. >> and jurors that's not all the defense's expert continued. hilton was abused as a child and he he lashed out as a teenager. a defense neuropsychologist tested hilton who it it turns out is as bright as he thinks he is. >> on the wexler intelligence scale he scored an overall verbal iq of 120 which puts him in the upper 10% or so of the population. >> another psychiatrist diagnosed him with multiple diagnoses. >> we call it an unresolved edible complex. a child can grow up with this emptiness inside of them. >> to top it off, the defense continued, hilton was self-medicating with prescription drugs. >> ritalin and effexor will basically push you over the l

here is wayne freedman with at latest on a custody battle over a cat. >> shelby we see wallace.es her cat. sme can't do the same with the cats's brother mack shone in this picture. >> it's devastating. >> both cats disappeared when the family lost homes in the sonoma fire starm. darcy she found but and mack too but here is where the story is complicated >> they named him feen zblies he turned up in the animal shelt we are the nickname aspen. when shelby saw the pictures the family went to claim him only to learn by then they found mack a new home. shelby pressed the case. the shelter did a dna test. >> we got the results back. and it did confirm that the cat aspen that we adopted out is the same compact cat as mack. >> we thought that's the end of the story. they're going to give us our cat back. >> what makes this complicated and unique is that? santa rosa if a family loses a pet and then someone else adopts that pet, the family that lost it in the first place has the right to file a claim to get that pet back. what makes this case different, the family that adopted mack doesn'

and as abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman explains, things got stirred pup i didn't. >> >> reporter: in snoechl county it's more common than you might imagine to meet a survivor who admits to the ptsd. >> it's a wicked game. >> like so many others in eastern santa rosa. kathryn barely escaped the flames. and like others she believes the emergency response system should have done a better job of warning her. >> now is an epic failure. >> now the california office of emergency services agrees that the county should have been more efficient in spreading the word. yesterday supervisor james gore heard a briefing of the as yet to be released report. >> i want to apologize to everybody in sonoma county for not having the foresight with colleagues, other folks, staff members for not having the focus to review things to a point of where they needed to be. >> we have multiple fires in the area. i'm asking you to evacuate. she thinks she needs to evacuate yes. >> no one disounts the heroism of first responders that night. this is body camera from a sonoma county sheriff's deputy going door to

>> you seem to be doing fine. >> reporter: wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> does it come with oxygen.ry lesson. it officially opened in 2009. six years later in june of 2015, tenants learned the building was sinking, 16 inches since it opened. a group of tenants filed a class action lawsuit in 2016 and a few months later the san francisco attorney's office announced it was suing the developer for failing to disclose that the building was settling. settleme a trial date is set for next january. >>> from san jose, a question asking, the ssa 1099 has the wrong social security number on it. how can she file her income tax with an incorrect statement? >> she can't, she shouldn't until the error is corrected with the social security administration. and they send an updated 1099. look, the concern here is not just with filing her income tax but making sure she's getting the correct benefit amount since the numbers are different. the quickest way to get something done here is to go to the agency's website and open a "my social security account." super easy. she'll be able to verify her earnin

. >> they spoke only with abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman. >> reporter: here is the video that sonorthern california wanted to see. shelby wallace with her feline family, mack and his sister darcy, reunited. >> mack new immediately. it was the first person he ran to. >> reporter: mack had quite an odyssey, from lost cat to disputed cat when shelby and her family learned another couple had adopted him and declined to give him up despite a dna test. >> it's been an emotional roller coast e coaster. >> reporter: the animal shelter wasn't able to force a return. >> how do you split a family up? are you okay with that at the end of the day? >> reporter: social media rallied with hundreds of comments. mack even got his own hashtag, #givemackback. in a community ravaged by loss and sorrow, shelby's quest to get mack home became symbolic. >> america just wants something right to happen. >> reporter: the family that adopted mack never commented publicly. but yesterday, whether due to legal pressure or public pressure, they gave the cat up. the animal shelter says it was an emotional experi

in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7. >>> the fbi and ncis investigating a hazmat incident next to arlgssem marry. 11 marines were affected by an unknown substance found when an envelope was opened. serl o several marines felt a berning o burning sentation on faces and hands. a hazmat unit surround the the building where the battalion is headquartered. the fbi sent the envelope to be checked at a lab in quanitco. the not far away the minnesota marines are in stable condition. >>> back at home a central valley man was charged with heading overseas to join isis, a crime that could land him in prison for 20 years. about of he left the u.s. bernard augustine went to high school outside modesto. jonathan blume talked with augustine's neighbors who suspectsed that something might be going on. >> i'm no shock. just like you guys i'm no jock. >> neighbors were hardly prepared to learn the second man arrested on suspicion of terror activity was living on their street. >> i don't know anything about this family. i only see people coming in and out. >> they tell us they believe bernard augustine at

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman joins us live from the scene in santa rosa. is the area back open to traffic yet? >> reporter: still not open. the intersection is partially open at this point. but the investigation over my shoulder continues. it september sevnt seven people hospital, three in critical condition. imagine waking up to this, the scene michelle trammell shot on her mobile phone this morning after a horrific accident in santa rosa. >> all i saw was flames and smoke and people running and people screaming inside the vehicles. >> reporter: it began when a dump truck appears to have lost its brakes going downhill toward me mendocino avenue. >> he was going to try to shoot through and didn't make t. >> reporter: he barrelled through nine cars. tossing them like dominoes. >> i hear honk, honk, honk. boom, right behind me. >> reporter: larry broderick barely made it through. what he saw seconds later? >> a "terminator" movie. debris, pops, booms. >> reporter: and something else, though larry wasn't the person to tell us about it. >> if it wasn't for him

in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> happening today in san francisco, you can party like it's 1918. the twin peaks tunnel turns 100 years old. also known as the west portal tunnel it provides access to the southern and western parts of the city. an estimated 80,000 riders use the tunnel on the k ingleside, m and l lines. extensive work is needed on the tunnel to fix the interior. there is celebration at the west portal library this afternoon to celebrate the tunnel's send ten yell. >>> starting out with clear skies, very little fog. north winds keeping some of you in the sichlkts as we widen the perspective, live doppler seven shows the entire state is clear. we will see a lot of sunshine today. a weak weather systems visits us tomorrow cooling off the numbers just a little bit. it is 62 with a north wind around mountain view. 62 in fremont. novato dropped to 39 degrees w. the clear sky and the light winds here temperatures are dropping labor a rock. look at the half moon bay, it is crazy. 68 degrees. upper elevation winds over the east bay hills up to 37 miles an hour. that's

here's wayne freedman with the investigation and the historical context. >> reporter: at haern avenue, you generally do not hear the horns, even when the engineer did hit a warning button, it appears to have made no difference. >> you know, i'm guessing it could have been 10 seconds, 15, maybe 20 seconds. >> sheryl cole lives in the neighborhood and worries about trains passing through at 79 miles an hour. santa rosa place say a 64-year-old woman stood in the crosswalk and became a tragic footnote. the train's first fatality since the train started last august. >> we know in the railroad business we're going to run into this kind of incident. >> reporter: the body was thrown 50 feet down the track, she was killed instantly. the crossing lights, the bells, all acted as intend. they'll be looking at video of the incident captured by the train. >> we'll be looking at the video, but a lot goes into that pior to determining cause. there's a lot of the factors that we look at to figure out exactly how this happened. >> reporter: smart reopened the track and resumed regular service before no

wayne freedman is there live with more. >> reporter: good afternoon, dan, it has been quite an average here at marshals beach and you, as you can see, just south of the golden gate bridge, three hikers who went for a stroll, it didn't wind up as a stroll, it wound up as a drama, as you can see here, they were not saying much when it ended. that was the after math and here is the main event. you're looking at sky 7 this afternoon as the san francisco fire department rescued three young hikers stranded above the beach. a precarious spot on a slippery slope according to temporary battalion chief derek thompson. >> we had some teenagers that were going down the easy trail, and they decided to go down and got trapped halfway up the hill. >> reporter: the hardest part of this was locating the hikers, after having done so, they lowered the ropes and began the extry indication, they ticketed the trio for causing a hazardous condition. their level of gratitude, we assume the highest. >> what about the men who rescued you? >> they were nice. >> they were nice? were you in danger? >> no. >> repor

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> well, there was also a nasty accident on the san matte yeo bridge. pieces of a u-haul truck lit ir literred the freeway. the driver of the u-haul is hospitalized with major injuries. crews removed the wreckage while the lanes were closed. all lanes opened shortly after 11:00. >>> many investors saw their portfolios shrink as stock markets fell. the dow plummeted 4.5%. many tech stocks lost with the nasdaq decreasing by 5%. alphabet loh alphabet lost more than 5% of its value with its total worth falling by more than $39 billion. facebook fell by 4.7% and apple dropped by 2.5%. big investors lost what seemed like fortunes to the rest of us. mark zuckerberg lost $3.6 billion. jeff bezos, $3.2 billion. google's founders, $2.3 billion and bill gates, $2.2 billion. >>> a huge homeless sweep is taking place along highway 101. the encampment dubbed "googleville" prompts conversations about how much is being done to address homelessness. >> reporter: the piles and piles of trash out here along highway 101 near storey road are astonishing. this makeshift vill

it is indeed as george freedman says in his book of the next 100 years, to create chaos in this region so that russia and china and many other central asian republics together with iran perhaps can be contained. >> steve, i wonder what you think when you hear that? obviously, a lot of people are beginning to think the worst of the united states and its aims in that region. >> yeah, we've managed to confuse all of our allies. i had to smile a bit when i heard her say that, because there's a whole section in the book where he comes to the same conclusion. why aren't you putting more pressure on pakistan, why do you send your troops to fillvillage southern afghanistan when the real problem is over the border in pakistan? and eventual hehy came to think that america must want isi to destabilize. it was a conspiracy theory. i don't think it has a basis in fact. you can understand how these thoughts arise even in sensible people. so it's the perfection of a long and frustrating war in which our war ends have been confused and inconsistent. and we've managed not only to confuse others but con

wayne freedman is live with the very latest. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan, it's been a bit of a drama here, and in a very public place, yes, a sea lion who appears to be injured by a shark. let's take a look at sky 7 at what we saw earlier today. the sea lion appears to be suffering from a shark bite which is not uncommon this time of year. witnesses say the sea lion beached itself and then went back in the water, and then came back awho a who arshore and too under the dock. we asked the staff veterinarian dr. cara field if she could make a prognosis. >> it's impossible to know without getting a really good look at it. many times as the shark is going to attack, the sea lion senses it and is able to get away so it could be a superficial wou wou sea lions have a fast healing time. >> the sea lion is swimming, it's blowing bubbles, we're told those are all very good signs, as of late this afternoon, an even better sign, the sea lion appears to have moved away from this area, where? we don't know. one other bit of good news, if

it applies to rentals in unincorporated areas and as wayne freedman explains, some people love the new ordinance while others not so much. >> living room, wi-fi. >> reporter: your web search my lead you to john in marin county. >> four people, 90 bucks? that is a couple of bottles of wine. >> reporter: he is not real happy today with the marin county board of supervisors. regulating short-term vacation rentals. >> most local residents wants it. >> reporter: the ordinance would require short-term rental to display a sign. and perhaps most important to people a contact number in case guests begin having too much of a good time. >> why identify me when you don't have to with signage. >> reporter: the board estimates that 400 people in west marin rent rooms or houses. many do so beneath the radar. john says he always pays included taxes for his guests. >> airbnb charges our guests the tax for occupancy rental units like a hotelier would charge. >> reporter: board of supervisors will hold a hearing next month. >> i am just a working stiff who is trying to make things happen. >>> we have had