gabe gutierrez is in the middle of it all in guatemala. >> reporter: it is crowded and chaotic. thousands of migrants, mostly from honduras are stopped at the guatemala/mexico border, pleading to get through. desperate for food and water. susannah delgado has been sleeping on the ground here for days. >> her son is 11 years old. and she left because of the violence. >> reporter: their journey began more than a week ago in honduras, a planned 2,800 mile trek through central america, mexico and eventually hoping to reach the u.s. border. they clashed with mexican police here, wearing riot shields. some jumped into the river, using rafts to get across. the officers unleashing tear gas. mexican authorities are allowing a small number to pass. they're taken to this shelter. families clustered together. some sleeping on the floor, exhausted. >> gabe, caravans like this occur quite frequently from central america. how is this one different? >> reporter: this one is larger than usual. up to 5,000 my grants made the initial trek from honduras. and this caravan may have seeds of political

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gabe gutierrez, nbc news, port st. joe, florida. >> reporter: i'm kerry sanders on panama city beach. >> mandatory evacuation. please exit the beach. >> reporter: where tonight they're preparing to face down a stunning storm surge of 8 to 12 feet. >> there is no way to hide from storm surge. it's impossible. >> reporter: how prepared do you feel the city is? >> the city's ready. >> reporter: we've seen the wall power of storm surge before. >> it's a fast-moving, fast-rising flash flood, with the power of the atlantic ocean behind it. >> reporter: here on the beach, the force behind the 3-foot storm surge would knock me off my feet, and 6 feet is near the top of the sand dunes. once it overtops them, it can cause those sand dunes to breach, allowing floodwaters to rush inland, submerging homes, buildings, and streets. 23 years ago, hurricane opal's storm surge was de the beach disappeared, alem.ha so, the city piped in sand from deep offshore, extending the lach the100feet, the elevation raise7 feet. even the size of th

in the newsroom gabe slate kron 4 news. it's a horrible thing and it's a lot bigger than 5000 people. and we got to stop them at the border.( vicki) president trump... threatening to use armed forces to prevent the caravan of central american asylum seekers from entering the united states, (grant)that caravan is still thousands of miles from the border.(vicki) as catherine heenan shows us the hot=button issue of illegal immigration is resurfacing , just two weeks before the hotly=contested midterm elections. si se puede! si se puede! yes we can was the chant at the river marking mexico's southern border with guatemala. a hole in the fence and a scavenged ladder allow a mother and her child to circumvent the mexican police. "what made you decide to climb onto that ladder?" "this bridge, this river, they can't stop me, i am an all-terrain woman."most of the migrants began their journey nine days ago in the honduran port of san pedro sula...traveling through gu

kron 4's gabe slate joins us live in the studio with the details... gabe? (ken) a quarter of a million dollars that is what it will take.. on average.. for a down payment to buy a home in san francisco. (vicki) that money is attributed to...one-time-cost...associate haaziq madyun has the story (take pkg) (pkg)it is no secret that the of the most expensive places to buy a home in the united states. what some first time home buyers may not know is that the sticker shock doesn't end with the sale price. that is just the beginning. when it comes to one-time costs like down payments the bay area is in a class by itselfsotandres restrepo/keller williams realty: "that's just 20%. so if we are talking about a 1.5 million dollar condo, 1.5 million dollar home, that's going to be 300- thousand-dollars out the door"> a three hundred thousand dollar down payment could buy a home out right in most real estate markets but not here says andres restrepo of keller williams realty in san francisco. he talks about some of the other one time fees in addition to the down paymen

our gabe gutierrez leads our coverage in hard-hit mexico beach. gabe? >> reporter: lester, there is destruction here as far as the eye can see. all this debris used to be a popular restaurant, and way in the distance, the storm surge knocked that blue building into another. tonight search and rescue teams are scrambling to assess the damage. this was the height of hurricane michael, the epicenter of a mon category 4 storm. mexico beach took a direct hit. once a popular tourist destination, it is now obliterated. >> it was pretty bad. the house was shaking pretty bad. >> reporter: the storm roared ashore packing winds of 155 miles per hour but the epic storm surge that levelled much of this town, ripping entire homes off their foundations. cleanup teams managed to clean enough debris off roads to carve a path through this community for the first time today and what we're seeing is incredible, absolutely heartbreaking. today we found search and rescue teams going house to house looking for survivors. >> i have nothing left except the clothes i have on and

gabe, what is the latest? >> hi, there. andrea, i can barely hear right no now. we are here and feeling the wind pick up over the last hour or so, and as you can see, the rain is really pelting me, and it has been for the last several hours now. and right behind me is the most dramatic images that we have seen. this road is flooded, andrea, and earlier on water street which is right by the apalachicola river, and we have moved inland a block or so, and this is not a river or any sort of roadway, but it is a road completely flooded and the storm surge here in apalachicola is rising by the minute. the authorities here expect 9 to 13 feet of storm surge and the downtown areas and parts of it are flood and many of the businesses here will be destroyed, andrea. as you can just get another gust right now. there are many businesses that have been sandbagged, and this entire town is basically clear ed out. earlier we were forced to evacuate from our hotel, because we were, we were going to be trapped, and so we moved further down the block, and we are okay for several ho

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gabe gutierrez is in southwestern guatemala at the border with mexico with the latest there. gabe? >> reporter: dara, migrant caravans happen from time to time but this is larger than usual. up to 5,000 made the initial trek from honduras. it seems it may have political under tones against the government there. it is crowded and chaotic. thousands of migrants, mostly from honduras, are stopped at the guatemala/mexico border. pleading to get through. desperate for food and water. delgado has been sleeping on the ground here for days. she says her son is 11 years old and she left he wiel salvador be of violence. >> the trek through central america, mexico, eventually hoping to reach the u.s. border. on friday they clashed with mexican police here wearing riot shields. some jumped into the river using rafts to get across. others burst through the police barrier, the officers unleashing tear gas. mexican authorities are allowing a small number who are seeking refugee status to pass. they're taken to this shelter. families clustered together. some sleeping on the floor exhausted. mexico

gabe what was it like? (gabe)it's amazing.get over how close the planes fly each other when they zoom over you it's so loud and powerful you feel like a kid again. it never gets old. let's roll video of the practice show earlier today. --------------------------the blue angels and other planes started their test run over the skies of downtown san francisco around 1230 pm today... over a million people are expected to watch the event from land and sea the next three daysthe airshow runs 12-4 pm - friday through sunday. some tips on where to watch.. so alcatraz island in the bay. is like the center of the show if you can get a good view of that, you're good treasure island looking back to the west would be good anywhere along the waterfront near downtown san francisco or fisherman's warf like pier 39, aquatic park, the ferry building ghirardelli square i came here to the marina green.i think this and crissy field are the best locations. they fly right over your head here. there was quite a few people out here taking in the pract

gabe, good morning. >> reporter: aon and eun, good morning. this is what we're seeing across the region, all these massive trees toppled, power lines down as well, making it nearly impossible to get around. so far two deaths have been flamed onhis storm, one a man in florida where a tree fell on his home. another, according to emergency management officials, in georgia was an 11-year-old boy who was killed. this was a fast-moving storm that showed no mercy. it came onshore y,yester packing maximum sustained wind miles per hour. lots of damage in panama city beach, but the eye also made landfall near mexico beach. homes were destroyed, ripped off their foundations. massive storm surge. here in apalachicola, florida, there was a storm surge rorted of up to seven feet, part of a historic downtown flooded. now hundreds of thousands of people are without power. itay could be and in some cases even weeks before that wer is restored. guys, back to you. >> gabe gutierrez in florida this morning. we'll have more on the "today" show in a few minutes tha

>> gabe gutierrez in mexico for us, gabe, thank you. >>> saudi arabia issued new denials today in the killing of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi as new security pictures were released of khashoggi before he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul. the saudi foreign minister again denied in an interview with fox news that any of those involved had ties to crown prince mohammed bin salman. >> this was an operation that was a rogue operation. this was an operation where individuals ended up exseeding the authorities and responsibilities they had. they made the mistake when they killed jamal khashoggi in the consulate and they tried to cover up for. >> the foreign minister also offered his condolences to khashoggi's family. >>> a desperate search for survivors sun folding tonight in taiwan where a high-speed passenger train derailed killing at least 18 people, injuring more than 170. we get details tonight from nbc tonight. >> reporter: the deadly aftermath of a deadly train wreck in northern taiwan. this aerial footage revealing the scale of disaster, a zigzag of twisted meta

gabe gutierrez, florida. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, florida. >>> this is kerry sanders, a powerful hurricane in the gulf of mexico tonight extremely dangerous crashing onto the coasine, and in some cases, inland. >> it is getting insane here. >> reporter: an unprecedented storm surge zone, more than 500 miles from anna maria island up and around to pensacola beach. g t's 11:03 in the mornd the sand dunes, 50 feet. already this beach has been cut in half. it's 12:20 p.m. the full force of the hurricane is yet to hit, and already the distance between the gulf of mexico and the sand dunes has been reduced to next to nothing. the storm surge is coming. storm surges driven by wind as i was reporting today during hurricane michael's strongest winds, my safety helmet ripped off my head. off balanced, i was steadied by the weather channel'm s cantore. the storm surge threat is not over. in some places it may exceed 20 feet and the power of the crashes wavesould erode 75% of the sandy beaches adding to the problems, th

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on the rising catastrophe. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: there are new flash flood watches in effect until thursday night. some local officials calling these flood waters historic. the raging rivers rose quickly, roaring downstream. >> there's nowhere for water to go. >> reporter: central texas north of austin, dramatic rescues after days of torrential rain. 20-year-old jackie anderson trapped driving to work. >> we decided that we were going to swim across and get out to her. i just told her to go ahead and get on my back and wrap her arms around me. >> reporter: authorities found another body. the second death since the lanno river started flooding on monday. >> you're going to see more rain, another one to three inches. while that doesn't sound like a lot, on already saturated ground this could be devastating. >> reporter: devastating because the llano river rose 35 feet in 24 hours, crushing this bridge and ravaging these towns. >> watching $80,000 boats cascading down the river, it was just unreal. >> r

gabe, thanks very much. gabe gutierrez in apalachicola for us. mayor johnson joins me now from apalachicola. let's pick up where gabe left off. you have a major thoroughfare that may be impassable. what do you know about u.s. 98 right now? >> my understanding is that is actually washed in two, and the bridges are closed so definitely you cannot travel u.s. 98. the best course will be to take 20 up in the woods. >> the problem with up in the woods and it's something that bill and i have been talking about in this part of florida, there's a lot of trees, a lot of trees to be downed, and so people may have trouble getting around. >> that's true. that is absolutely true. >> what's the situation in terms of people who stuck around? do you have a sense of numbers and do you know what you're getting in terms of calls for help? >> early on before the storm intensifi intensified, the chief of police estimated about 60% of the people decided not to heed the warning. as this thing intensified to a category 4, people started to get serious and they started p

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nbc's gabe gutierrez is tracking the caravan's latest movements. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: philip, many of the migrants have gathered at this park in southern mexico. some are building a tent behind me. there's an ambulance there as well. the mexican government had hoped to stop this caravan at its southern border, but that didn't happen. the migrant caravan is growing. the group, fleeing violence and poverty in central america, has pushed through mexico's southern border, and many mexicans are joining in as they move north. nbc's mariana atencio is there. >> reporter: this is now a massive exodus of around 7,000 people, and they're making their way to the most important city here in the southern part of the country. it is a critical juncture for this caravan. it is where the prior caravan reorganized to move north to the united states. >> reporter: "we're going to keep moving forward," this man says. he's been traveling more than a week with his 2-year-old daughter. unlike friday's clash at the border, now the mexican government says it won

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kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate shows you how to stop robocalls . of robocall it's not just you.. quick nat sound of robocall americans receive around 150 million robocalls per dayquick nat sound of robocall the average person getting 13 a month nat sound of robocall about "credit reduction help" ---- sound from noel rabinowitz/ robocall receiver - " yeah right (talking to robot on phone) you're not calling about my credit card, you're a scam" or if you're like noel rabinowitz, who works in san francisco, it's more like 13 a day. sound from noel rabinowitz/ robocall receiver - " i feel frustration, violation, a little indignation a few other 'ations' - (laughs) i mean it's fine to send me an email, we are use to that, but my phone? come on, that's my personal technology space, don't get in there (laughs)" reporter stand up - gabe slate sound - "tired of the constant unwanted interruptions, noel downloaded the robokiller app, it's one many free robocall blocking apps, out there."sound from noel rabinowitz / robocall receiver - " robokiller worked rig

kron 4's gabe slate checked to see if this new initiative is working.und - sincere - walks un plaza in sf daily less drug dealing sincere walks un plaza daily he said ever since the san francisco police department parked their mobile command van on the plaza and stepped up patrols in the area, it feels cleaner and safer around un plaza. sound - sincere - walks un plaza in sf daily less hand to hand drug dealing and hot good swapping sound from k nations cafe owner - more cops on patrol kim is one of the owners of united nations cafe which sits right in the middle of un plaza. she said she has noticed a decrease in loiterers and drug dealing on the plaza.. sound from reporter gabe slate - "the sfpd says this is not just a show, since they have been here they have made a lot of arrests" sound - andrew - walks un plaza in sf daily i don't see any difference up north andrew lives one block from un plaza, he was one of several people i spoke with who don't think parking this scary looking van, more cops, more arrests, is the answer for long term change. soun

nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from southern mexico where that group is right no gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. many of theigrants slept here in this plaza overnight. the mexican government had hoped to stop this group at the southern border. that did not happen. this morning the migrant caravan is growing as it marches to thes u.s.,lling to 7,000 people. we're going to keep moving forward, this man says. he's been travel for more than a week with his 2-year-old daughter. now the mexican government says it won't use force to stop the migrants but urging them to apply for refugee thstatus. he midterms fast approaching, president trump is seizing on this. >> the democrats like caravans. reporter: promising to use the military to seal the u.s. border. people have to apply for asylum in mexico first. >> we're going to fight. we're going to keep on going. we're not going to stop. >> reporter: this is the epicenter of the immigration debate. theyay they're fleeing violence in ctral america and hoping more than 2800-mile-trek for more than a week. we met this womans she climbe

gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. many of the migrants spent the night here at this plaza in southern mexico and president trump is tweeting this morning that this is a national emergency. he has alerted the border patrol and military to stop this caravan. this morning the caravan is growing as it marches towards the u.s., swelling to more than 7,000 people. we're going to keep moving forward, this man says. he has been traveling for more than a week with his two-year-old daughter. unlike friday's clash at the border, now the mexican government says it won't use force to stop the migrants, but is urging them to apply for refugee status. with the midterms fast approaching president trump is seizing on these images. >> the democrats want cara advance. they like the caravans. >> reporter: promising to use the military to seal the u.s. border. people have to apply for asylum in mexico first, he tweeted, and if they fail to do that the u.s. will turn them away. >> we're going to fight. we're going to keep on going. we're n

in sf gabe slate works, in sf gabe slate kron 4 news. (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... we continue to follow breaking news out of oakland... a massive fire at a construction site. near west grand at filbert will tran is live at the scene. he will have the latest in a live report coming up (robin) no major hot spots. 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. to 101. min from 880 less then 30 mateo bridge maze to sf. san min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( robin ) coming up on kron4 morning news at 5 --- we are continuing to follow breaking news... the construction fire in oakland this morning. will tran will have the latest in a live report at the top of the hour. ♪ you know when you're at ross and the cute dress gets even cuter? yesssss. or when you can say yes... to both. sure. or when you find that brand at that price? are you kidding me? yeah? that's yes for less. and that's what ross always has in store. wh

gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> now the medical mystery that has doctors scrambling. a paralysis in children. we found more than 80 suspected cases under investigation in 25 states so far. and tragic news, one of the young patients we have covered in the past has died. here's nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres. >> reporter: tonight, doctors and parents reason alert as more children develop a mysterio mysterious paralysis. >> might never regain full recovery of her arms. >> reporter: nbc news reached out to health departments across the country and learned that so far year there are at least 84 cases being investigated in 25 states. >> we have been following children with this condition since 2014. majority continue to have some element of disability or weakness, even four years out from onset. >> if this can happen to our family it can happen to anyone. >> reporter: we met 3-year-old carter roberts two years ago, just weeks after he was diagnosed. >> he strikes me as a tough kid. but like half of the children, carter never recovered. and three weeks ago, h

only text if have to" (gabe)alright, so in summary. if you are living in or visiting san mateo county you "when do we want it? now!"(ken) nurses at san leandro hospital spoke out today during a rally agaisnt what they believe are unsafe staffing problems..(ken) however san leandro hospital officials disagree.(catherine)t association held a news conference at the hospital... the nurses say they're beginning to fear for the safety of their patients because of staffing shortages. they say patients face long waiting times because there are no beds available... organizers say the rally was held in an effortto bring attention wo what they say are unsafe working and patient care conditions.. (ken) however the hospital says the reduction in staff has to do with lower volume of patien

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> coming up, the tragedy in his neighborhood.we can still learn from mr. rogers. >>> many were struck to learn the pittsburgh community where the synagogue shooting unfolded is literally ""mister rogers' neighborhood,"" where fred rogers really lived. now many are finding comfort in his words of kindness. here's harry smith. >> reporter: there was a two-hour wait to give blood in pittsburgh today. it's what neighbors do. we couldn't help but mr. rogers, had lived just blocks from the synagogue. he had a message about tragedy for the children who watched his show. >> my mother would try to find out who was helping the person who got hurt. always look for the people who are helping, she'd tell us. you'll always find somebody who's trying to help. >> reporter: the helpers didn't hesitate saturday. scores of first responders rushed to the emergency, selflessly facing danger head on. already inside was jerry rabinowitz, trying to help people while already wounded. and then the jewish family brothers and sisters. they've already raised

gabe gutierrez is down in apalachicola. gabe, good morning. >> michael is roaring ashore, hoda. over the last several hours, we've been hit with heavier rain and wind. this road is now flooded. with the eye projected to make landfall just to our west, we would be on the so-called dirty side of the storm. but what is worrying local officials here the most is the potential deadly storm surge. >> this morning, hurricane michael is slamming into the florida panhandle. >> what else can you do but pray? >> 35 florida counties, 92 georgia counties and all of alabama under a state of emergency. >> hurricane michael is a monstrous storm and the forecast keeps getting more dangerous and if you don't follow warnings from officials, this storm could kill you. >> a cruise ship passenger capturing a storm on video as it goes past cuba. today, deadly storm surges are expected along the gulf coast. at many gas stations, fuel is out, supplies are gone and the time to board up is over. >> this is one to watch. i'm usually not too concerned with the hurricanes in florida, but this one bears watchi

gabe told ryou he spoke to the mayor of port st. joe. i've been on the phone with him all morning as well. he told me the hospital closed at 5:00 p.m. yesterday. there is no shelter in the area, and he's very concerned that people did not evacuate in time because, frankly, people in this area, they talk about storms like opal in 1985 or kate in 1985, opal in 1995, excuse me. they're not used to seeing something like this. this is unprecedented and could leave as the governor has said, many of the areas in the panhandle unrecognizable after it passes. we'll come back to you in a bit as well. >>> let's go a little farther west along the panhandle coastline to mike thomas. he is the mayor of panama city beach. mayor thomas comes to us by phone now. mayor, what can you tell us about conditions right now? what can you tell us about preparations underway? >> well, all the preparations that could be made are already made, but the conditions are worsening some. we're getting quite a bit of wind now. the surf is amazing. i've been here all my lif

gabe gutierrez is with them tonight. >> reporter: it is a sea of humanity getting bigger by the day. at times, more than 7,000 people desperately and defiantly marching north despite president trump's threats to block their entry into the u.s. why are you marching? we are not criminals. we're fighting for a better life sandra cortez says. she's pregnant and clutching her 1-year-old girl. the journey is grueling in the heat and through dangerous terrain and there is no end in sight. today one migrant died, run over in an accident after falling off the back of a trailer. the caravan began earlier this month in honduras then plowed through guatemala and mexico and planning to reach the u.s., though in the clear when. we want to go work there 60-year-old maria says. she's making the trek with her granddaughter. in honduras, opposition political figures started the loosely organized caravan but it's now grown. after the group clashed with mexican police on friday, sandra is rethinking the trip. right now she's deciding whether to continue on this path or return to honduras because she's w

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tonight, we're fact checking his warnings, but first our gabe gutierrez who is with that caravan in southern mexico. >> reporter: tonight, far from the political firestorm in the u.s., this woman is trying to escape the blazing heat with her family. she says she doesn't pay attention to the president's comments and all she would say is that whatever happens is god's will. many of the migrants slept here overnight, some in tents, but most of them out on the street. aid organizations are bringing food and water, but these are squalor conditions. the caravan started in honduras, then through guatemala and now faces a grueling journey to the u.s. border. julio garcia and his year-old son are from guatemala. what do you say to many people in the united states who look at this as an invasion? >> these are hard-working people. they want to go over there and work. >> reporter: now multiple government sources in the u.s. and central america tell nbc news they're tracking a new caravan, taking shape in el salvador, planning to begin another trek next week. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, mexico. >> reporter

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gabe, >> reporter: savannah, good morning.sive trees toppled throughout the region, power lines are down, making it nearlo ible to get around. at least two deaths are now blamed on this storm. one man was killed here in florida when a tree fell o his home. another, this time a child, 11 years old accding to emergency management officials, was killed up in georgia. this storm roared ashore yesterday with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour in panama city beach. the damage was extensive. roofs blown off of homes. in mexico beach, that took adi ct hit. that is where we are seeing images of some of the most extensive damage. roofs were blown off homes there as well. entire homes blown off the foundations due to the massive storm surge. here in apalachicola we had a storm surge of about seven feet, flooding part of the historic downtown. hundreds of thousands of people are without power, and in some case c itld be weeks before it's restored. this morning authorities are just beginning t assess the damage. back to you. >>

gabe slate kron 4 news. <"it's almost like you're in a dream. like its not really real but you know it is.">(ken) more than a week has passed since hurricane michael hit the florida panhandle and moved on to three other states. some areas are shells of their former selves.... why officials say the death toll could rise over the next few days. (vicki) more and more states are gearing up to legalize marijuana. but some groups think this is a combination for eay addiction. we take a look at what is being done to protect kids. (ken) an earthquake early warning system could soon reach more people. we'll have a live report on the developments that could save lives. i'm kron 4 meteorologist lawrence karnow coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast.details are right after the break. today was the great calfornia sh kids in class rooms all across the state practiced their earthquake safety skills. this is also a to make sure they are earthquake ready as well.(ken) and while we don't know when the next big quake will hit, one day soon you might

>> all right, gabe. thank you. >>> new charges have been filed in a case we've been following against a california surgeon and his girlfriend accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women. dr. grant robicheaux, who once appeared on a bravo dating show, is now charged in seven attacks. cerissa riley is charged in five. prosecutors say they recorded their attacks and may have preyed on hundreds of women. both pleaded not guilty. >>> a body cam video released by columbus, ohio, police is making headlines tonight, not for what the officer did wrong but for what he did right, responding to a report of two young men with a gun. he turned what could have been a deadly encounter into a powerful lesson. nbc's ron mott with the story. >> this is getting kids killed all over the country, because you know where i was at? i'm driving with my friend, okay? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: columbus police officer peter casuccio says a dispatcher reported two boys waving a gun around. that's when he told them to stop and s

gabe gutierrez is there this morning.migrants are here and plan to take a day of rest today. the president is threatening to cut off foreign aid to all central american countries who let them pass as he ramped up his rhetoric ahead of the midterms. telling "usa today", they will send as many troops to the border as necessary. at a rally in houston, mr. trump use ed the caravan to energize s base. he was also tweeting this is a national emergency. this caravan is now 7,000 strong. the conditions are grueling. on monday, one person died after falling off of the back of a trailer. another fainted in the blistering heat. the timing of this caravan reaching the u.s. is fluid. a dhs official says there's no way to tell at this point. we're told that the migrants plan to rest today and then walk for several days to a nearby town and then take trains all the way up to tijuana, next to the border. >> gabe, i know you will stay on the story. thank you. >>> turkey's president declared that the death of "washington post" writer jamal

kron 4's gabe slate spoke with one of the officers taking in all four thousand camera feeds. this is the video surveillance room inside bart police headquarters in oakland. the 4,000 video cameras in the trains and placed around the 48 bart stations are sending their video feeds here 24/7 everything the cameras see is recorded and stored on servers in case it's needed for evidence. sound from - aliyyah shah, bart police department " its for cases we have reports for it's not for spying" aliyyah shah, and her fellow officers that work the video surveillance room are not monitoring the camera feeds for crime.. that would be seeing a needle in a haystack there are 400,000 people a day that ride on bart. what they do here is comb through surveillance footage around a time and location that a crime has taken place or been reported if they find any video evidence of said crime they download th video clip onto a usb drive and give it to the investigators. sound from - aliyyah shah, bart police department "we are able to nab bad guys" besides collecting evidence for past crimes, the

gabe gutierrez, nbc , news, port st. j florida. >> reporter: i'm kerry sanders on panama city beach, where tonight they're preparing to face down a stunning st m surge of 8 to 12 feet. >> there's no wato hide. it's impossible. >> how prepared do you feel the ity is? >> the city's ready. >> reporter: we've o seen the powerthe storm surge before. it's a fast ving and fast rising flash with the power of the atlantic ocean behind it. here on the beach, the force behind a three-foot storm surge would knock me off my neat. hesix feet is near top of the sand dunes. once it overtops them, it can cause the sand du s to breach, allowing flood waters to rush land, submerging homes, buildings, ast reets. 23 years ago, hurricane opal's storm surge was defs pate i -- devastating. the beach disappeared. and that was a problem. so the city piped in sand from deep offshore, extending the beach line out to the high tide mark. going from an average of ten fde to 100 feet. the elevation raised seven feet. even the size of the grains of sand

sound from people attending show in san jose gabe slate kron 4 news.am) a construction company in san francisco.... is now the focus of a racial discrimination lawsuit.(ken) the same construction company was named in a similar civil claim earlier this year. kron-4's haaziq madyun has the latest on the new lawsuit.. swastikas, death threats and racial slurs including the n- word and some images too graphic for me to show yousot the allegations are part of a new racial harassment and unlawful discrimination lawsuit against clark construction group. back in september 2017 lawrence haley was working as a foreman in san francisco at clark's 150 van ness site when he says he experienced work place harassment, including attempting to wash his hands and finding human waste in the soap dispenser. he recorded the images and reported it to his managerso

here is nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: they held ey on to his jeike they are holding on to his memory. c tonight pikeounty high school in georgia is shaken after 17-year-old linebacker dillon thomas collapsed friday. >> he's a really good, kindhearted kid. loves to play football. >> reporter: school officials say thomas suffered a brain injury, he walked off the fielwas talking with medical staff. coach brad weber says at the time nothing seemed out of the ordinary until thomas became incoherent and fe over. >> he loved the game of football. he would not miss practice for anything. sick, not sick. >> reporter: it was an emotional weekend not just here in georgia but also in nashville where another player is now in critical condition ter collapsing saturday during a college game. christian abercrombie,so a phomore at tennessee state walked off the field playing vanderbelt saying he had a headac and minutes later he collapsed due to a head injury. >> i thi overall the safety ifootball has improved until thin the last several years but still with risk and every year, we normally have thr

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest on their journey. >> reporter: it is a sea of humanity getting bigger by the at times, more than 7,000 people desperately and defiantly march north despite president trumres ths to block their entry into the u.s.wh are you marching? we are not criminals. we are fightg for a better life sandra cortezsays. she's pregnant and clutching her 1-year-old girl. the journey is grueling in the heat and through dangerous terrain, and there no end in sight. one migrant died, run over in an acdent after falling off the back of a trailer. the caravan began earlier this monthn honduras, then plowed through guatemala, now mexico. it's plannin to eventually reach t u.s., though it's not clear when. we want to go work the, 60-year-old maria carvajal says. she's making the trek wither granddaughter. in nnduras, oppos political figures started theel loy organized caravan, but it's now grown. after the group clashed with mexican police on friday, sandra is rethinking the trip rig. right n w she's decidinther to continue or return to honduras because she's worried it will be

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kron 4's gabe slate visited the show today ...o find out what police are doing to keep the thousands of attendees safe... following the gaming convention shooting in florida back in august... there were long lines friday afternoon as thousands of gamers tried to get into the san jose convention center for twitch con 2018, a video game conference that celebrates live streaming video gaming as well as hosting e-sport video game competitions. over 50,000 people are expected to attend twitch con which runs through sunday.the lines where moving slow because security has been beefed up for this event after what happened in florida in august at a similar video game event co-hosted by twitch where a video gamer opened fire with two handguns killing 2 competitors and injuring 11 others during a video game competition.. i noticed a lot of security guards walking around local police stationed at various points around the convention center police dogs walking around inside the show each bag was being checked as people came in. and everyone at

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