investigators allege nelson chia hired to hasheem bason to kill lili xu and have charged hasheem bason with murder. >>> a child of the age of five has died from the flu and rsv in california. pediatrician to say most kids who get sick will recover quickly at home. they say you can give them fever reducing medication and it is important to keep kids well hydrated. >> they may not take as much when they are sick, but they need to -- i would strongly encourage parents that if they have not already gotten their child's influenza vaccine, to get it scheduled as soon as possible. >> for more information on the flu and rsv, go to kpix.com. >>> walmart has agreed to play $1 million to settle opioid lawsuits. it is expected to go to state, local, and other governments across the country to cover the impact of powerful opioid prescription sold at walmart pharmacies. the announcement comes weeks after cvs health and walgreens announced $5 billion settlement deals. >>> it is another breezy day for us here in the bay area. the only difference is we are dealing with offshore winds and set up onshore

reporter: he says that chia hired hasheem bason to hit with him. >> he had a porsche, bentley, bmw. he would ride with nelson, leave with him, have lunch with him. all those things. reporter: chia's love of singing for an audience began to rub people the wrong way. here is video of him singing at a memorial concert for xu in september. and an invitation of a musical performance memorial that was scheduled on the evening that chia was arrested. >> he was a narcissist. reporter: bason's pastors coming to light. he was arrested in 2012. seven months earlier, we interviewed him during an occupy oakland demonstration. >> we want more support to come down here. reporter: as he sits in jail with no bail, he is awaiting his court appearance. this professor wanted to talk to me today about the young man he met more than 10 years ago. >> there is no one to answer for what west side to hasheem bason to pull him into this, and it bothers me. that is the mystery. reporter: in oakland, abc7 news. liz: christmas decorations spray-painted outside of a local hardware store in the north bay. the gene

hasheem bason pled not guilty to murder and conspiracy charges today in the argus killing of lili xu . investigators say he was hired by nelson chia. court documents reveal that chia told them he was a trustee for an estate up to $40 million. he killed himself while in custody. track the u.s. senate will hold a procedural vote in hopes of dancing the respect for marriage act. was a bipartisan it would provide protections for religious liberties. >> it will do so much good for so many people who want nothing more than to live their lives without the fear of discrimination. >> the measure also has the support from the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, the mormon church says its abuse on same-sex marriage will not change. it supports protections for lgbtq couples. >>> an escalation in the war in ukraine. two people were killed in poland. it comes as russia luncheons its biggest wave of missile attacks in more than a month. poland is a nato member state. power supplies have been disrupted to several ukrainian regions. >>> a combination of rsv and the flu has claimed the life o

. >> investigators say chia hired hasheem bason in a murder for hire scheme. bason is now facing charges. chia arranged xu's accounts and her state worth up to $14 million into his name. reggie: the wet start to november is dampening some fire season fears but we are not out of the woods yet. experts say there's still the potential for high winds. the campfire happened in november 2010. the thomas fire tore through 1000 structures in december of 2017. >> the saturating rain will keep the fine feels very wet probably for at least 10 days before it has a chance to dry. i think it gives us a 10 day window of lower potential fire danger. reggie: more people are also starting to use candles and space heaters, which brings an increased house fire risk. oakland is ramping up its sound the alarm company, which helps get. smoke alarms in more homes. . >> 5:08 a.m. we welcomed the rain yesterday. isolated showers this morning. live doppler 7 showing you a peppering of showers, a lot of them focused in the south and east bay. we have snow falling around tahoe. chain cont

. >> investigators say chia hired hasheem bason in a murder for hire scheme. bason is now facing charges. chia arranged xu's accounts and her state worth up to $14 million into his name. the oakland city council is considering new strategies to help with affordable housing infrastructures. they explored a new tax district. it would divert some money to the general fund in order to pay for other projects. fresno, san diego, and west sacramento have utilized this strategy to deal with housing infrastructure. a report is expected in december. >> taking aim at tiktok. a ban on how china could be pulling the strings. the reason some outdoor parks could be a thing of the past and one bay area city. drew: we are not dumb was showers quite yet. isolated showers in the south and east bay. dead spots in the north bay on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. it is a level 1 storm with the best chance of finding showers this morning. we will go hour-by-hour with the chocolate. vanilla. strawberry. but this isn't ice cream. this is big tobacco. and their candy flavors ar

hasheem bason will be arraigned later today. according to documents, chia agreed to pay bason a significant amount of money to murder xu. both planned the date, time and location of the hit. bason allegedly waited in a car a block away and ambushed xu when chia pulled over to the side of the road. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. >>> 6:04, decision 2022, hard to believe we're one week away from election day. and if you want to request a replacement vote by mail ballot, it must be postmarked by today. >> meanwhile campaigning coast to coast now being clouded by the violent attack in nancy pelosi's home. drew petrimoulx is live this morning. you have a closer look at the impact felt on the campaign trail. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, marcus and laura. campaigns are in that final push crisscrossing states, calling in some big names to help. this brutal attack has led to renewed calls for a tone down in the rhetoric. disturbing details about the vicious attack on the husband of a top democratic party official.

man prosecutors say was hired to kill a dentist faced a judge in oakland this morning this is hasheem bason, the accused hitman. police arrested him and the dentist's boyfriend last week. investigators say they agreed to a lucrative murder-for-hire plot so the boyfriend could live off the dentist's multimillion dollar estate. the boyfriend died by suicide shortly after being taken into custody friday. a plea hearing for bason's case will take place in twow. we're getting a better idea of one of elon musk's biggest changes to the social media site. it's all about those blue checkmarks that you see, and it has some people seeing red. our business and tech reporter, scott budman, has been on top of the story for days now. scott, thank you so much for joining us again about this. yesterday and the past few days you've been mentioning maybe we're going to have to start paying for the blue checkmarks. is that the case now? >> it seems to be, audrey. like we said yesterday, every 24 hours something changes. yesterday we were talking, you and i, about possibly $20 a month. today musk says the blue