this is still an active crime scene in japan town. the last half hour or so the crime investigations unit has left the scene. blocked off between 7th street in downtown san jose. across the street from the gordon biersch brewery, not the restaurant and bar but the brewery, in japan town. here is the information we have. police are not confirming or saying anything official about the profession of the victims but sources tell me they were, in fact, off-duty oakland firefighters.

this is still an active crime scene in japan town. the last half hour or so the crime investigations unit has left the scene. blocked off between 7th street in downtown san jose. across the street from the gordon biersch brewery, not the restaurant and bar but the brewery, in japan town. here is the information we have. police are not confirming or saying anything official about the profession of the victims but sources tell me they were, in fact, off-duty oakland firefighters. they attended a weekly festival with other fire tighters. when they walked out, they were con fronted by a man with a gun. it's unclear if words were exchanged or what the circumstances were before the shooting. police say the suspect then took off after he fired at least two rounds. then a short pursuit through the streets of japan town. >> we don't know if there are others or other details. we're searching the neighborhood to make sure there are not other people associated with this event. that search is ongoing. >> reporter: and, again, to recap, one off-dut

we reported on in san jose, a man is now dead after a shooting in the japan town area.lier in the show we said two people were in critical condition, and now we have word a man is dead. another person also shot and life threatening condition there. we will have the latest at abc morning starting at 7:30. >> this high school student from urugay is now $10,000 richer. he discovered a bug and send a summary to the search engine discover team. google responded with great catch and awarded him this monetary prize. >> sometimes we fund bug goes i ♪ what should i watch? show me sports. it's so fluffy! look at that fluffy unicorn! he's so fluffy i'm gonna die! your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> "abc 7 sports" brought to you by river rock casino. >>> good evening. the giants opened a four game series with phillies tonight at stake, determining who is the worst team in national legal. right now the phillies have keys to the cellar, record of 43 and 75 coming in, giants 48 and 74. it hurts the ears saying those numbers. straight to the

we reported on in san jose, a man is now dead after a shooting in the japan town area. in critical condition, and now we have word a man is dead. another person also shot and life threatening condition there. we will have the latest at abc morning starting at 7:30. >> this high school student from urugay is now $10,000 richer. he discovered a bug and send a summary to the search engine discover team. google responded with great catch and awarded him this monetary prize. >> sometimes we fund bug goes >>> "abc 7 sports" brought to you by river rock casino. >>> good evening. the giants opened a four game series with phillies tonight at stake, determining who is the worst team in national legal. right now the phillies have keys to the cellar, record of 43 and 75 coming in, giants 48 and 74. it hurts the ears saying those numbers. straight to the action, please. third inning, hunter pence, base hit off of knowles. pitching well. scores tomlinson, 1-0 giants. a couple of batters later, buster posey probably the most consistent giant this season. knocks in pence. rbi single to

we reported on in san jose, a man is now dead after a shooting in the japan town area.e show we said two people were in critical condition, and now we have word a man is dead. another person also shot and life threatening condition there. we will have the latest at abc morning starting at 7:30. >> this high school student from urugay is now $10,000 richer. he discovered a bug and send a summary to the search engine discover team. google responded with great catch and awarded him this monetary prize. >> sometimes we fund b ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. this august visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to $4,500. this august visit your local volvo dealer ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. >>> "abc 7

the victim just attended a music festival in japan town in downtown san jose. the shooting was caught on surveillance. this coming week, the oakland fire department will hold a memorial for jake walton the fie firefighter who died. >>> heidi nunez tucker is looking for a waiter who helped her husband. she saw an image of the waiter's kindness on social media. but she and her family want to find him and thank him. >>> we are learning more about that terror attack. a judge has ordered two of the four surviving suspects to be held without jail. the members of the terrorist cell frequented a cafe there. the owner of the cafe now in custody. one suspect has been released for lack of evidence. >>> a stumbling block in the effort to oust a controversial bay area judge. why the absence of a judge may have something to do with it. >>> controversy surrounding a san francisco statue. how the recent violence in charlottesville has reignited the campaign here in san francisco to get it removed. >>> plus, this local bobsled team is training for the winter olympics. >>> i am

this point and trying to figure out if there are more suspects involved in this shooting here near japan town. here is the latest information we do have. police are not saying anything official about the profession of the victim with you sources do tell me they were, in fact, off-duty oakland firefighters. they attended a weekly festival at gordon biersch brewery with other firefighters. when they walked out for some reason they were confronted by a man with a gun. it is unclear if words were exchanged or what the circumstances were before the shooting. police say the suspect then took off. then there was a short pursuit before police caught up with him. it is unclear again if he is the only person connected with this murder. earlier this morning i spoke with police and a band member performing at the family friendly event just before the shooting. >> we had a lot of neighbors calling in. we were able to detain the adult male in the vicinity so we're still investigating to see what his role is. >> it was pretty shocking. i saw two people laying down on the ground next to my car and a number o

transporting the body of 30-year-old jake walter the off duty firefighter killed last night in japan town. we want to check in with ian cull, what do we know? >> reporter: the procession to take 30-year-old jake wualter just passed by us 45 minutes. his friends say he was a great guy and four months starting living his dream as an oakland firefighters. >> reporter: gathering to take 30-year-old jake walter home. >> the result of this tragedy has left a somber cloud. those family members of those injured and now deceased. >> reporter: last night he was shot and another colleague was shot. >> it was shocking. we were loading gear out and saw two people down on the ground. and emergency vehicles showed up. >> reporter: san jose police swarmed the area. their efforts led to an arrest. a 27-year-old man was arrested. with questions still swirling about what kind of confrontation led up to the shooting, walter's colleagues are grieving. and we will take another live look at sky ranger of that procession. as for that other wounded firefighters, he is stable but still recovering. and the suspect

we are working to confirm the information on east taylor street near san jose japan town. one victim was pronounced dead in the hospital and the other victim is in stable condition. investigators say whoever opened fire in this case likely ran away from that scene, did not get away in the car. we will have a live report from the scene coming up at the top of the hour. now. >>> now we want to talk about spain where the two terror attacks happened yesterday. 14 people have been killed. a woman died a short time ago from injuries she suffered in the overnight attack in the coastal resort of cambrilles just south of barcelona. authorities killed five assailant in a shootout, hours after a similar attack in barcelona where a van slammed into dozens of people in a main promenade. in that case 13 people were killed and about a hundred others were hurt, including at least one person. spanish investigators have arrested three people in connection to the attacks, but the driver of the van has not yet been caught. >>> and across the world people are showing their solidarity with barc

. >> an active scene in japan town in san jose. >>> switch gears and throw it to meteorologist rob mayeda be warming up. there is a sneak preview of your morning commute. san francisco low cloud and misty skies. look at concord, livermore. close no 90 degrees. seven-day forecast shows friday to saturday the warmest day of the next seven. our attention turns to the system here in the south. right now, in our solar eclipse viewing for the morning looks partly cloudy and we will begin to see a cooling trend. patchy low clouds and misty clouds. temperatures trending cooler next week. and the valleys warmer tomorrow but no where near 100-degree temperatures. trending cooler as we go to sunday to tuesday of next week. >> up next we mentioned the bay area man missing in barcelona. we spoke to his wife who is of course desperate to find him. that interview next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're t

gunfire was reported just after 9:30 tonight, on east taylor street, on the outskirts of japan town, not far from a brewing company. one of the victims has died, the other suffered a life-threatening injury. the gunman ran from the scene, so far, police have yet to locate that person, police have not made arrests in this case. we will continue to bring you updates as we get them. >>> a regular daily service on the smart train in the north bay will begin next friday. tom baker reports the final enteral approval was received today. >> as of friday the 25th, the smart train begins service over a 43- mile stretch. the currently free service will go down to a half fair before labor day. and the seniors, students and disabled will stay at a half fair. and it could run as high as $23 per day. but commuters can purchase a limited monthly pass. >> we are looking into what it takes to put a vehicle on the road. absolutely it is a fair price. >> i would love to take a train and it is too expensive right now. it is not worth it as much as it is to drive. >> weekly service starts at 10:00. there

firefighters who was shot and killed in san jose. 30-year-old jake walter was killed last week in japan town after a music festival. investigators say that the entire ordeal was caught on surveillance camera. the motive is still not clear. tomorrow's memorial service will be at oakland scottish center. >> a growing concern over crime in doulores park. >> five teenagers have been arrested for stealing a bike from a man on wednesday afternoon. the victim ended up stabbing suspect. that person was not seriously hurt. we've been tracking major crimes in the park so far this year. earlier this month three people were injured in a shooting. during gay pride in june fights erupted where a man was stabbed and a woman hit in the head with a bottle. in may a group of young men attacked and stabbed another man. and there was another shooting in february. finally, last month, a large crowd of skateboarders took over and started illegally skateboarding down the hill. the skateboarder was injured when he collided with a police officer. officers will patrol the park on foot every day. >>> an arrest warrant

the firefighters were confronted by at least two men outside an event in the japan town neighborhood. they were shot without warning after a brief exchange of words. investigators still have not found the weapon. walters and his colleague had just graduated from the fire academy in april. >>> san francisco police are addressing ongoing complaints at delores park which are getting new attention after three people were shot. supervisor jeff sheehy organized a community meeting where residents voiced their concerns last night. police are trying to come up with ways to make the pedestrian bridge where last month's shooting happened less appealing to criminals. ideas include bringing in vendors and performers or removing it all together. many who live in that area say they have had enough with the litter and the gangs. >> i had to recently take my dog to the dog hospital because she ingested drugs that she ate just picking up from the park. >> i don't think we've had a coordinated response, so we tended to look at this as being an episode here or an episode there, and this is to look at it

two firefighters shot in san jose's japan town. one is dead, another in the hospital.eaking news to start this friday morning, but good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marcus washington. this story developing overnight, we've been following it. we have updates we're getting minute by minute. team coverage for you this morning. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live at valley medical center. first to damian trujillo. tell us what you've learned. >> reporter: nothing so figures so far from officials but

a chaotic scene last night in neighborhood near japan town. >> i heard gunshot and i wasn't sure if itireworks but after that i heard another one like shortly after and i heard somebody scream. >> reporter: two men were shot outside the taylor street market. both were off duty oakland firefighters who had just joined the department in april. they were out with three fellow firefighters attending a gathering inside the gordon beers brewery. this shows them performing cpr on their fallen friends. >> one of the victims was ultimately pronounced deceased at the hospital a short time later. the second victim sustained non-life threatening injuries. he's expected to survive. >> reporter: the firefighter has been identified as 30-year-old jake walter. police canvassed the neighborhood on foot and by air. they interviewed witnesses and did yard to yard search. that led to the capture of the 27-year-old oliver

. >>> police say 30-year-old jake walter was out in japan town when he was shot after an incident with another group of men. they arrested a suspect in that deadly shooting. none of the firefighters were in uniform and there was nothing to indicate their profession. witnesses say it's rare to hear about violence in the area. >> heard a gun shot and i wasn't sure if it was fireworks but then after that i heard another one like shortly after and i heard somebody scream. >> another firefighter was wounded in the shooting and is expected to survive. friends and fellow firefighters of jake walter organized a procession that ended here. the chapel of the chimes in oakland where family and friends had gathered. >> reporter: late this afternoon workers began putting out american flags as they waited for the body of the slain firefighter to arrive. >> we greave for our lost colleague and we wish for a speedy recovery for the individual that's injured right now. >> reporter: 30-year-old probationary firefighter was killed in an apparently random attack in san jose last night. another rookie was

jose came up to a group of off duty firefighters and started shooting following the concert near japan townlter was shot once in the chest but did not survive. the second victim is in stable condition. "abc7 news" has since learned the shooting was caught on camera. the video helping police track down the suspect. >> what a horrible, tragic event this is for the walter family, as well as the people of oakland, and the oakland fire department. >> this isn't the first time he's been in trouble. he has two prior burglary related convictions, which make it illegal for him to possess a firearm. his defender declined to comment. if convicted, he faces 170 years to life in prison and being held under close watch in jail. chris nguyen, "abc7 news." >>> a memorial service for walter will be held this saturday morning at 11:00 at the scottish rite center on lakeside drive in oakland. >>> happening now, a wildfire is forcing evacuations in washington state. you're looking live at the scene. you can see a little of that smoke. this is in thirston county near olympia. the fire could be as big as 350 acr

jose came up to a group of off duty firefighters and started shooting following the concert near japan townlter was shot once in the chest but did not survive. the second victim is in stable condition. "abc7 news" has since learned the shooting was caught on camera. the video helping police track down the suspect. >> what a horrible, tragic event this is for the walter family, as well as the people of oakland, and the oakland fire department. >> this isn't the first time he's been in trouble. he has two prior burglary related convictions, which make it illegal for him to possess a firearm. his defender declined to comment. if convicted, he faces 170 years to life in prison and being held under close watch in jail. chris nguyen, "abc7 news." >>> a memorial service for walter will be held this saturday morning at 11:00 at the scottish rite center on lakeside drive in oakland. >>> happening now, a wildfire is forcing evacuations i washington state. you're looking live at the scene. you can see a little of that smoke. this is in thirston county near olympia. the fire could be as big as 350 acre

, thousands will indulge in a melting pots of asian pacific american culture in san francisco's japan town day of their street fair. there is food, live music, shopping and art. and for animal lovers, the doggy world parade begins at 1:00 this afternoon. the street fair is on post street between laguna and filmore streets. >> and we will see the change where the fog comes in and clouds, so always bring a jacket. check out this live through from mt. tam. you see the low coastal marine layer making its way into the bay. i'll have the details with slightly cooler numbers this afternoon. >>> and also ahead, the giants welcome pablo sandoval back to at&t park. how he helped the orange and black come from behind last night. >>> in sports this afternoon both the as and giants are playing division rivals with a chance to win the series. oakland faces the angels, first pitch at 12:37. that is an odd time. at at&t park, it willing hello kitty day when the giants take on the diamond backs, first pitch at 1:05. last night giants fans were say has gone low panda with the return of pablo sand value aova

authorities say the probationary firefighters were leaving an event at a restaurant near san jose's japan towna group of people confronted them, someone opened fire and the shooter took off running. taylor street between 7th and 9th have been shut down as authorities investigate what happened. lee martinez is on the scene. she will have another live report at 6:00. >>> in spain 14 people have died in two different terror attacks. a woman died a short time ago from injuries she suffered in an overnight attack in the coastal resort of cambrils. an audi plowed into a group of people. the incident occurred hours after a similar attack in barcelona where a van slammed into dozens of people at a main promenade there. 13 people were killed and about 100 others were hurt, including at least one american. spanish investigators have arrested three people in connection to the attacks but the driver of the van has not been caught. >>> and now the funeral for trooper burke bates will be held this morning in richmond, virginia. he was a passenger in the helicopter providing video to police of visits in down

. >>> had to japan town for a street fair featuring asian artisans performers and food. car show and children's area. sunday is jerry garcia day. the excelsior district will celebrate its native and favorite son. and joy food, music and vendors in san mateo. in east bay, take part in annual fremont festival of arts. 500 top-quality arts and craft booth, gourmet marketplace an entire section of rides and shows will build downtown fremont from 10 to 6. in the south bay, head to the renaissance fair with 800 performers and shakespeare era costumes, knights, jousting on horseback. that's saturday and sunday at discovery meadow. in the north it's opening weekend of the sonoma county fair. you can enjoy live music, food, farm animals, carnival rides and a flower show. view a real spacesuit and explore airplane and rocket exhibits at the space festival and it's all free. >> azor on the road, giants are home. >>> reservations at a new york restaurant are booked for the next few sundays. >> game affirmed fans are flocking to it. on sunday nights they take dinners to westerners pa

a chaotic scene last night in neighborhood near japan town. >> i heard gunshot and i wasn't sure if it was fireworks but after that i heard another one like shortly after and i heard somebody scream. >> reporter: two men were shot outside the taylor street market. both were off duty oakland firefighters who had just joined the department in april. they were out with three fellow firefighters attending a gathering inside the gordon beers brewery. this shows them performing cpr on their fallen friends. >> one of the victims was ultimately pronounced deceased at the hospital a short time later. the second victim sustained non-life threatening injuries. he's expected to survive. >> reporter: the firefighter has been identified as 30-year-old jake walter. police canvassed the neighborhood on foot and by air. they interviewed witnesses and did yard to yard search. that led to the capture of the 27-year-old oliver juinio of san jose. >> the suspect at some point fled the scene. witnesses there gave a good description, direction of travel where he went. we were able to locate him in the neighb

police say 30-year-old jake walter was out with fellow firefighters in japan town last night when he was shot after an incident with another group of men. police arrested a suspect oli ss junio during the shooting. none of the firefighters were and witnesses say it's rare to hear about violence in the area. >> heard a gunshot and i wasn't sure if it was firework, but then after that, i heard another one like shortly after. and i heard somebody scream. >> another firefighter was wounded in the shooting and is expected to survive. >>> sky 7 shows us jake walters' casket arriving in oakland less than 30 minutes ago. friends and fellow firefighters organized a procession that started in san jose around 4:00 this afternoon and arrived in oakland just after 5:30. along the way, fire trucks were parked on bridges with colleagues giving walter one final salute. >>> abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is live at the chapel of the chimes with the gathering just getting under way to remember jake walters. eric? >> we saw folks going in a little while ago and they are coming out now after paying their

today, thousands will indulge in a melting pot of asian pacific american culture in san francisco's japan town, live music, shopping and art. and for animal lovers, the doggy world parade begins at 1:00 this afternoon. the street fair is on post street between laguna and filmore streets. and you take take take the jacket. >> yes, with the low clouds and fog, 30 minute flight arrival delays. cooler numbers in store for some inland areas. i'll have the details coming up. >>> and also next, the panda is back. he's back at thaat&t park. mike shumann will explain in sports. ♪ hey! ♪ bee to hive for that honey you know ♪ ♪ a sweet tasty bowl ♪ of that get up and go ♪ put in the good and the good will grow ♪ ♪ good goes around and around and around hey! ♪ honey to the o is the yum in yo bowl ♪ ♪ playing around that's how we roll ♪ ♪ start with the good and watch good flow ♪ ♪ good goes around and around and around hey! ♪ ♪ good goes around good goes around and around and around. hey! ♪ ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a ne

police say 30-year-old jake walter was out with fellow firefighters in japan town last night when he was shot after an incident with another group of men. police arrested a suspect olive junio during the shooting. none of the firefighters were and witnesses say it's rare to hear about violence in the area. >> heard a gunshot and i wasn't sure if it was firework, but then after that, i heard another one like shortly after. and i heard somebody scream. >> another firefighter was wounded in the shooting and is expected to survive. >>> sky 7 shows us jake walters' casket arriving in oakland less than 30 minutes ago. friends and fellow firefighters organized a procession that started in san jose around 4:00 this afternoon and arrived in oakland just after 5:30. along the way, fire trucks were parked on bridges with colleagues giving walter one final salute. >>> abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is live at the chapel of the chimes with the gathering just getting under way to remember jake walters. eric? >> we saw folks going in a little while ago and they are coming out now after paying their

thousands of people will indulge in a meting pot of asian pacific american culture in san francisco's japan towne last day of this year's nino machi street fair. for animal lovers, the doggy world parade begins at 1:00 this afternoon. the street fair is on post street between laguna and philmore streets. >>> something for everyone, you said. temperatures ranging this afternoon from 60s to almost near 90s. so, yes. i like goldilocks weather. i like that term. here is the live look outside, the santa cruz beach area, it is a little cloudy and gray right now, currently 63. but sunshine this afternoon if you're heading to the boardwalk. and temperatures hit 70 as well. i'll have the complete and neighborhood forecast for you coming up. >>> thank you, frances. also coming up, the kung fu panda returns to at&t park. how pablo sandoval helps spark the giants offense in a win over the d'backs. mike shumann has the highlights coming up in sports. and i am a senior public safety my namspecialist for pg&e. my job is to help educate our first responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergenci

this isn't far from japan town and last night's shooting has left a lot of people shaken. the san jose police department says that 27-year-old san jose resident oliver juinio is facing murder and attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting and killing 30-year-old off duty oakland firefighter jake walter and wounding a second fire fighter who is now in stable condition at valley medical center.the shooting occurred thursday evening here along taylor street near the gordon biersh brewing company. witnesses say the attack on the fire fighters was unprovoked and investigators have not yet identified a motive.albert morales".....right now we don't really have a motive, it's still being determined, we just don't have a concrete understanding of why he targeted these two individuals....."soton friday, neighbors in the area were stunned by the attack. izzy guillen lives just a few feet away from the where the shooting occurred. she says this quiet neighborhood of homes, cafes and small shops is safe or as safe as any place can be.sotwe are in a big city. there's still crime he

both were shot leaving a brewery on east taylor street near japan town.on and 11th just a few blocks away from the original crime scene. we just learned there were in fact five oakland firefighters attending an event at the brewery last night. investigators say the two victims walked out and were confronted by a group of people and someone opened fire. in just the past hour of mornings on 2 i hope you were with us when we brought you a live news conference from the san jose police department in which the officer announced that they have detained at least one suspect and they are talking to several witnesses. >> we don't know what the motive or the circumstances surrounding the shooting are. that will kind of reveal itself as we start talking to witnesses and we can firm up some of the details. >> police searched the neighborhood as part of their investigation this morning. they were focused on an area near jackson and 11th streets just a couple minutes' walk away from the brewery. let's go over inform frank -- to frank mallicoat for more news. >> jasmine

the firefighters were confronted by at least two men outside an event in a japan town neighborhood.hot without warning after a brief exchange of words. investigators still haven't found the weapon. walters and his colleague had just graduated from the fire maemd in april. >>> we have an update to a mission teenager in antioch. we're happy to report that herald ra var has been found safe. we sent a push alert to the app on your phone about this. he was considered at risk due to his mental age but certainly a relief for his family. >>> developing news, firefighters have rescued a third brerj from an italian family after an earthquake hit an island off the coast of italy. they rescued a 7-month-old baby of the same family earlier. the quake fild killed at least two people last night during the height of the tourist season. 3 dozen people were injured an 2,600 people are now homeless. >>> they're asking a federal judge to dismiss a suit by current former and jewish students accusing the school of fostering anti-semitism. the university denies the incidents like the deface meant of stars

the firefighters were confront by at least two men outside an event in the japan town neighborhood.re shot without warning after a brief exchange of words. investigators still haven't found the weapon. walters and his colleague had just graduated from the fire academy in april. and happening today, the state attorney jaenz office is expected to join the legal battle over a recall drive against judge persky. he is suing claiming the state and not the county should oversee the petition drive. the ag's office plans to file court papers today disagreeing with him. a hearing on that suit is set for tomorrow. if persky wins, the recall campaign would be forced to start all over. recall organizers say persky has a pattern of bias in cases involving sex crimes, ib clueding this one, the case against former stanford student brock turner. >>> the city of richmond has three weeks to appeal a decision dismission its lawsuit against the trump administration over its sanctuary city policy. richmond argues the trump administration's threat to the withhold funds from sanctuary cities is unconstitut

what we now know as chinatown in portland was originally japan town. the japanese came and settled in the area. during world war ii, you are aware, the tragic situation in which the japanese were put in internment camps. that was really a terrible moment in u.s. history. during that time, much of their land was taken away, it was bought up and they were not allowed to return to it, so it really decimated the japanese population for the next couple generations. washe late 1950's, there still a lot of anti-japan sentiment in oregon and portland , and in fact across the united states. japan was our mortal enemy in world war ii. what people remember about japan was pearl harbor and what was done there. and so if we were going to become allies and friends, there had to be healing that was going to happen. so this entire garden was built ofund this concept of peace, understanding each other better as people. because the better we understand each other, the less likely we are to go to war with each other. that was how the healing begin. come54, the first ship

san jose, another seriously injured this after a gunman shot the pair last night in santa fe's japan townand firefighting academy. it happened around 9:30 on east taylor street where they attended an event with other firefighters. at least one suspect is in custody. officers caught up to that suspect several blocks from the shooting scene. that person is being questioned. no identities released on the victims yet. >>> 8:26 right now. let's check the friday morning commute with mike. >> for the folks in that area, san jose, lotus preschool and peterburg midrl not affected with that police investigation. traffic not a problem on this map. the pence lashgs we have a little slowing left over by an earlier crash. that is in san mateo. but typically slow in that interchange anyway. very slow still from a southbound 680 down at marshville all the way back to the backup at cornelia junction, a big rig from the overnight fire still blocks one lane so that means one lane gets by. you can take 80 to the slower drive down to 780 as an alternate. >> another update in half an hour. ♪ >>> good morning,

president said north korea is starting to respect us, and then after the missile launch over japan, the townere not necessarily going to continue this after 25 years, which required the defense secretary to comment when asked if there would be -- if they would not have any more talks, he said no to the fact that talks would be over. there are a lot of mixed messages, and it's hard. there's one message and then it changes tone. so this will be really interesting to watch over the coming weeks and see what happens with japan. japan is in a particular situation politically, what they do. we have not heard a lot from china either on north korea provocation and that may provoke more messages from the u.s. joiningapple said to be the battle for the human chip business. talking about making a bit. let's get to our asian managing editor for tech joining us live from tokyo this morning. we've heard rumors that apple might be in the mix before, but what is the latest on apple's interest now? as many plot twists here as game of thrones. toshiba has been trying to selloff this per month. they desperatel

in 1956 reports started to emerge of what would come to be known as japan's worst case of industrial pollution in the townsakamoto and her family were among those devastated by the disaster. translation: i can't tell you just how much i hate the chemical factory. chisso corporation devastated our ocean and our people. i just hate it. people used to say that life in minamata was wonderful. chisso corporation was the only company in minamata. we are still frightened by the awfulness of the mercury that was leaked from the factory. it poisoned the fish and then people who ate the seafood got minamata disease. there'd been no poisoning before a chemical factory was built in the bay. but the company, the chisso corporation, denied all responsibility and continued to pump its waste into the sea. translation: cats got the disease before people. they went blind and danced round and round like crazy. soon it was clear that people were suffering as well. translation: mayumi was my first daughter. she couldn't eat fish well because she was only three years old, but she could eat prawns by herself, so i let her eat a

town and city. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with japan times.pace to the rising tension with north korea. it says that north korea's plan to fire four ballistic missiles into the sea near guam would see the rockets fly over shimane, hiroshima and kochi prefectures. 0nto the south china morning post. it says that a one—time aide of hong kong's former chief executive has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to defraud the securities regulator. prosecutors say barry cheung chun—yuen and a co—defendant tried to hide the true financial position of a company to keep its licence. he did not enter a plea in court, and was released on bail. finally, we have the new york times. it says that the us dollar is losing its status. the paper says that president trump's north korea rhetoric and saudi arabia's imposition of embargos on qatar caused investors to sell the dollar. kasia, what is going on online? rico, if are you a swiftie, that's a fan of the pop super star taylor swift. she's sparking discussions online. nothing new there at all. but, rico, it's

japan, close for holiday. cheryl: at the last minute, google canceling a town hall meeting on diversity fearing for the safety of employees, this is days after firing an engineer who posted a memo who sparked nationwide debate. fbn:am starts right now. lauren: good morning and happy friday, 5:01 a.m. in new york. august 11th, good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone, i can't wait to talk about the google story, this is when they needed to have a town hall. lauren: talk about how women can't cut it in the tech world. cheryl: we are here to anchor the fact despite that we are women. lauren: i can handle the news in case you wanted to know. cheryl: a lot of breaking news obviously to get to this morning from the markets and more. president trump saying that his fire and fury warning to north korea did not go far enough. >> the people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough, maybe it wasn't tough enough. they have been doing this to our country for many years, it's about time that somebody nubbing up for the people of the country and for the people of other countr

japan which would [and off the coast of the us territory of guam. the british authorities say modern slavery and human trafficking has become so widespread that it's prevalent in every large town and city. the uk's national crime agency says there are likely to be tens of thousands of victims. and this is trending on bbc.com. pop star, taylor swift, has described in court the moment she says she was groped by radio dj, david mueller. the pair were being photographed ahead of a concert. she alleges he reached under her skirt and fondled her. mr mueller denies the charges. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the food standards agency says 700,000 potentially contaminated eggs from dutch farms have been sent to the uk, up from an earlier estimate ofjust 21,000. the agency said it was very unlikely that there was a risk to public health. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. more troubles for the founder and formal boss of uber. a lawsuit for fraud. and how much is too much? we break down what expecting parents should be expecting for their newborns. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report.

japan at 3:00 p.m. on 6abc. texas we're rooting for you. this morning floodwaters are rising in houston and other towns along texas' gulf coast.his is new video the water inundating neighborhoods, the steady soaking may last for days hampering rescue in towns that are left in ruins. >>> good morning, 7:30, alicia vitarelli is in for nydia han. >> firefighters left overnight to help with the rescues in texas. we'll have more on that in a moment, but first more from chris sowers. >> reporter: this is tropical storm harvey maximum sustained winds down to 45 miles per hour. this is no longer a wind threat. it's a heavy torrential rain that will we'll continue to see in the area for the next several days. it is moving south/southwest at 1 mile an hour. there's the problem, there's steering current, the jet stream is up here, you have a blocking high across the four corner states and upper level blocking high up through here, it's stuck, the result heavy torrential rains for the area for the next several days. the pictures coming in continue to be nothing short of incredible. this is devastation this poor woman came back to the texa

people have been practising for the last few months in towns up and down the coast of japan because ofs a missile flying in our direction, find shelter. this is a very serious and aggressive thing for north korea to do. countries do not normally fire ballistic missile across the territory of their neighbours. that's why we've seen this very angry response from the japanese government, from prime minister abe, calling this an act of violence, saying it's unprecedented and speaking to president trump and them together saying they will take this to the un security council and demand action from the world community, especially countries like china and russia. steven mcdonnell has been giving us the latest from beijing. it is interesting. china, whenever there is one of these tests were north korea says that all parties should remain calm and no one should do anything to escalate the situation. we have that again today from the chinese foreign ministry. there was something else. they are really blaming the us and south korea for pressuring north korea into carrying out this test. that is be

japan, travel and almost 3000 kilometers before coming down into the pacific. although the missile with high overhead, the japanese government urged people to take shelter. a crisis team scrambled to check on townsnd villages under the trajectory. people across the country say they are stunned by the launch. some say the japanese government should take drastic measures to defend its citizens. >> i think the government should have shot down the missile when it entered japanese airspace. the japanese prime minister says the move by pyongyang iss unprecedented and a serious threat to his country. >>>> japanan and the united stas agreed to further increase pressure on north h korea. presidenent trump also said the united states is 100% with itsts ally japan and expressed his commitment to defend japan. correspondent: president trump agrees. in a statement he declalared all options rema u under consideration. north korea defended the moveve, saying u.s. activity in the region justified countermeasures. >> we will continue to strengthen defense capabilities with nuclear force a as long as the u.s. maintains nuclearar threats and military threats. correspondent: the unsecure to counsel said to me in an

towns trying to recover from the record amounts of rainfall. them nice from any tropical storm in the united states ever recorded. north korea fires a missile across japan putting millions of residents on warning the u. s. says something serious hasta happen in response. and for two decades it's given us the best views of saturn. but now the cassini mission is about to go out with. welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. the amount of rain in houston texas is not reached a record for any tropical storm system in u. s. history and it's not over yet. the people in affected communities the urgent need for shelter is taking priority with more than nine thousand now sleeping at the convention center. the b. b. c.'s orchard allen is in la grange for us and stops on coverage again tonight laur. well jane herring lagrange people like counting the cost of the aftermath of that historic level of flooding following on from hurricane hobby. that returning to that devastated homes that trying to find that belongings people have been telling me. i found a holy bible i found a memento from my own and it's really a very emotional state when pe

people have been practising in towns up and down the coast of japan, because of increased tests by northking to president trump and they will now take it to the security council and demand action from other countries especially china and russia. we will be getting more on that throughout the day. and after 8.30 we'll be talking to a senior official from the japanese embassy in london. the ‘catastrophic‘ flooding in texas is expected to get much worse — with officials warning they expect nearly half—a—million people to seek assistance. hundreds of specialist vehicles have been deployed in the rescue effort. an emergency has also been declared in neighbouring louisiana, which is in storm harvey's path. nada tawfik reports from houston. waiting for help to arrive as the floods reached new heights. all day, emergency responders, neighbours, and even complete strangers, have answered pleas for help from those trapped across houston. but still, it has not been enough. there is so much water. we have our children with us. we're trying to save our babies, that's it. resources have been overwhelm

town toon t a. 7:05 first pitch. a cool 61. so dress appropriately at the coliseum. >> thanks so much. >>> a baby panda in japan healthy at 2 monthsa had a physical on friday. the zoo says it's 16 inche and wghssal olver 6 1/2 pounds. as of last week the panda was still learning how to stand on his own. the public will get to name the cub next month. >>> a closure at one east bay b.a.r.t. station, new at 6:00 what riders c use untilan't early next year. >>> we are tracking breaking news in the east bay. the shooting that's already turning the monday morning commute into a big challenge there. >>> plus, the lawyer for a woman involved in the deadly >>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> coming up at 6:00, in san leandro, a major monday morning commute headache on 880 a therf >> yeah, amy hollyfield has been on the move. she is at the scene on lewelling boulevard. amy? >> reporter: and we just got briefed by the chp. not good news here. they're saying this could stay close until -- closed until 8:30 or 9:00 so that blows out the entire morning commute. you want to avoid this area. we are at lewelling boulevard. this is where car

town of its july policy meeting. less of a concern about which way they go there. on the same day on thursday, japan's defense ministers meet the u.s. counterparts to discuss missile defenses against north korea. maybe that talk will not be so important at the end of the week. definitely keep an eye on what is going on there. anna: let's talk about what is going on in japan. we said we had new data from various asian economies over the last 24 hours or so. japan's economy has grown for the six order, expanding for more than 10 years. 4.0% in the second quarter, beating all forecast by economists. domestic demand compensated for softer exports. let's see james, great to speak to you. job growth in private domestically in japan. now the story, the weakness in the currency boosting exports. >> we saw a big pickup in private consumption. there is also a nice boost from government stimulus into the domestic economy. all those things combined made up for a week pitch. weakness of imports as well. the economy is doing quite well. sort of leaving aside the trading position. generally it looks like gross -- gr

japan. president trump on his way to texas right now, joining us katie pavlich, town hall editor, fox news contributorou give us a grade on president's handling of the storm thus far? >> so far he deserves an a. everyone will watch him very closely. political opponents will pounce on every single thing he says or does wrong, even though a disaster of this scale doesn't fall on one person, especially the president. he has done a very good job relaying to local law enforcement they need to do what they should at the local heavily for people to get what they need. he will go today. it will be a humbling moment for him. nobody has seen anything like this before. he will go there to really realize the huge impact. one thing to be briefed in washington, d.c., to go there from people on the ground and hear about the stories of people who have been rescued. but i think he is trying to stay out of the way. stuart: he already said you will get everything you need. he is saying you will have what you need and you will have it fast. >> right. stuart: congress will move quickly, a bipartisan effort to come up with

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