. >> reporter: marianne jensen thought the sale of her three-bedroom home in san jose would be a slam dunk. on the market in june, the nicely decorated standalone sat with only tepid interest until it sold in september. >> just be prepared for anything. good offers, bad offers, any offers. make sure that you're willing to wait it out or the price is going to be different. maybe lower the price. >> reporter: yes. you heard that right. lower the price to make the sale. it's a shocking reality as what's been a seller's market shifts in favor of buyers. >> we notice the open houses died off and things got really slow. then all of the sudden the offers just didn't come in like they used to. >> reporter: according to a new report from real estate firm red fin, nationally more than one quarter of the homes listed for sale saw a price reduction. the red hot real estate market is cooling, especially in california, and sellers are trying to catch lightning in a bottle by bending to the will of the buyers. >> buyers are being a little more discerning. before they were looking at, here's a list o

we're live in san francisco, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> a 3.3 magnitude quake struck near crockett. it wasn't very deep, which means many people around crockett felt it pretty well. it hit around4:30 and had people talking. >> all of a sudden it just jolted. i knew it'sly what exactly what picked up my dog. >> it felt like the earth shifted and we all almost got knocked off our feet for a sdaesdae second. >> there have been no reports of any damage. >>> an update shows a change is in store this weekend. >> it involves the air quality. >> this air quality index, the latest updated version was all green, but as of 7:00 p.m. we are now seeing moderate conditions, which is where the yellow kicks in. if you look at the air quality index, yellow to moderate. and at one point we were in the dangerous category last week. but there are no spare the air aliters f alerts for the weekend. you have to be mindful. we're still dealing with haze. as far as the worst of the smoke. that is expected to remain over nevada. but we areck ridge of high pressure. that's going to warm up our mpatures a bit

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. >> reporter: marion jensen thought the sale of her three- bedroom home in san jose would be a slamdunk. on the market in june, the nicely decorated standalone set with only tepid interest until it sold in september. >> be prepared for anything. make sure that you are willing to wait it out or the price may be different. >> reporter: you heard that right. wait to make the sale. it's a shocking reality. it has been a sellers market and is shifting in favor of buyers. >> the open houses died off and things got slow and then the offers didn't come in like they use to. >> reporter: according from -- according to a new report, nationally, more than one quarter of the homes listed for sale saw a price reduction. the red-hot real estate market is cooling, especially in california with sellers trying to catch lightning in a bottle by bending to the will of the buyers. >> buyers are being more discerning. before, they had a list of things they wanted and they would pick one and get a house and now they see more inventory. >> reporter: increased inventory is one reason for the plateau and prices

stroke jensen closes this weekend heads to the country in texas. brother sellers of the advice is to pick a something that has not happened in a while. take less than asking. the bottom health section of san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> for sake fashion mason be easier to afford. according to several reports, michael kors is closing in on a deal to buy the italian luxury brand for an estimated $2 billion. in recent years, rosati has struggled to grow sales in the meantime michael kors has been aggressively repositioning itself as the overall retail market has seen major shifts due to the competition from online retailers. according to fashion insiders, if the deal goes through, michael kors could potentially return one of the world's most highly regarded luxury clothing lines into a household name. potentially at a cheaper price. >>> a growing number of 911 calls that have nothing to do with emergencies, 2 investigate look at a troubling trend that could be putting lives at risk. >>> a little fog out of there now but look hello it is befo

female name at the time was laura jensen. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to. have to go right to be precise this is what will befall the three of them or can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of our. tests it. is pushing through the piano stool understanding that we we have to be together because the older we get to give the means reacting to these threats i think the trade threats of triumphalism old go straight for your. drives you to despair and so yeah suicide is a big big thing maybe. yesterday . the first time was right before the surgery in one thousand nine hundred and the only thing that kept me from doing a quite honest is a coward at heart. just . at the time i wanted in my life somebody i knew had some cocaine so i attempted to use it to kill myself and it obviously didn't work but. my heart was pounding so hard. i thought it was going to come out of my chest. i feel safer. staying in the one place where peopl

thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> thom, thank you so much for that. >>> more details now. this is a map showing the calaveras fault. it runs east of san jose all the way up to danville. it most recently produced the 2007 alum rock quake in san jose. that one was a 5.6 magnitude. several magnitude six quakes have occurred along this fault, most recently in morgan hill back in 1984. >>> tomorrow, of course, is labor day when many folks are off from work and schools are closed. >> but it is not all fun. air quality is a concern this holiday. meteorologist rob mayeda is here to tell us about the conditions you can expect when you wake up tomorrow. >> you probably noticed today we had some hazy skies due to wildfire smoke. the upper level winds continue to do so, especially around the north bay. we do have a spare the air day tomorrow, the worst of the pollution likely around the santa clara valley. in terms of smoke pollution, look at this map for tomorrow. you'll notice the higher concentrations of smoke pollution likely in the north bay from about noon until the afternoon. t

female name at the time was laura jensen. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president. or someone wanted. to go right to the press this is what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the. first sip suicide is a big big thing maybe. it's a day where you thought it was going to. go you're still yesterday i don't now the first time was right before the surgery in one thousand nine hundred and the only thing that kept me from doing a quiet honest is a coward at heart. just . at the time. somebody i knew had. attempted to use it. and it obviously didn't work but. my heart was pounding so. i feel safer. staying in one place where people might find what i do and i don't want people. i don't want to be. by the people around me. leading church one day. three four years ago. i'm ready to commit suicide. and it was a transition. for two or three years. i was actually exchanging information in talking with them on some level up to five times a day

female name at the time was laura jensen. twenty four to you know bloody revolution to quit the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just always. spoiling the total of the ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four and . those who took. invested over five billion dollars to assist you in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. led . by the survival guide ecstacy just like all of a start simply at. least if you don't step back. it says a repatriation team will look at the rest of seventy years. philippa separate kaiser for this. ministries police forces and city administrations of many countries depend on one corporation that does what mike was hoping the board doesn't run from on the eyes of god i'm stumped and this is going to guns into the. woods as that's even on into the sea it's just like proprietary software you don't know the source code isn't that such a security risk

nbc bay area )s thom jensen is live in burlingame .with more. we continue to follow a developing story near lake tahoe. getbout 11:30 today here just before lunchtime. a spokesperson would not give us

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female name at the time was laura jensen. but. that will. never do it are you going to cut out all over. the know. what it will. take to get away with it. you know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's tough. for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution if you correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know lawyer here i mean you know liz put video to me in the new bill is that i new school in the middle of the ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four g. and. those who took. it invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and pro

female name at the time was laura jensen. seems wrong. to me. yet to. this day because etiquette and engagement equals betrayal. once. the party. choose to look for common ground. you know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know lawyer here i mean i lived with video of the neighborly as i knew school in need of the ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four g. and. those who took coach invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and pro

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nbc bay area )s thom jensen is live in burlingame .with more. we continue to follow a developing story near lake tahoe. getbout 11:30 today here just before lunchtime. a spokesperson would not give us a lot of details, just that it was several people wearing hoodies. he said the suspects grabbed the merchandise off those front display tables, still attached to the cords, yanked them out of the displays, and then ran out and got into that getaway car. also would not give us a description of the getaway car, but they sped off down the street. police say today's robbery is very similar to the others in the bay area recently. thieves were also caught on surveillance cameras in santa rosa just this last wednesday when they hit the apple store there and got away with about 35 grand in electronics. last weekend in walnut creek, thieves made off with about $30,000 worth of iphones and laptops. no weapons were used in any of the crimes. so far no one was injured. that was the same thing here today. but still, a pretty scary incident for customers and emp

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tom jensen. >> okay. thank you. >>>? you want to watch clips of the wrangling, we put it our website. you can see everything from jeff flake's call for the fbi investigation to the democrats walking out. all on our website. >>> a new bad road list is out and it is a long list. i want to show you the map. almost 400 miles of san jose roads in desperate need of repair. community leaders say they'll get worse unless somebody swings into action. >> reporter: this is one of the reasons the street is on that list. potholes up and down the roadway. this is far from the only street that got a failing grade on the latest report card. this is one of the big reasons the city says sherlock drive is in such a rough spot. >> san jose has a lot of streets in bad shape. >> and sherlock is not alone. there's so much red that some joked it might be easier to the few streets list in the good condition. >> it is not as though groups are trying to keep up. with limited resources and a lot to do, smaller streets remain on the waiting list. >>

more moderate policy because it runs counter to democratic policy and that is just where he wants jensen and also wrote at the time that he thought johnson in his heart of hearts would repeat over and again does lbj really want humphrey to win the election? >> the answer is obvious. he controlled the prevention or the platform that the humphrey people were pushing and the uplink to tell the president feels the troops are safe and with the means to get it started. and refused all funds from the dnc. and told the texas donors not to contribute to the humphrey campaign. and with all of the telephone calls with nixon on the line, humphrey and george wallace. and in short he elevated everybody to the same status as humphrey during the campaign. and in early september said the troops could begin returning in 1969 to address the american legion no man can predict when the troops come home to throw them off balance that everything i say will be shadowed by lbj. and sent the reverend billy graham gave him a long message that basically said if i'm elected i will never embarrass lbj you will get yo

a lot of fbi jensen had a few whistleblowers that really helped us join the light on the involvement.le thing with sleeper cells out there. and helped with those line lessons. without saudi agents, you never would have happened. >> thank you for being here. your kids, we thank you for the time to bring us your story. it is a conversation we will never stop having. rob: a tremendous victory. 18 after the hour. they toppled a confederate statue and are facing charges when they say it is not their fault, they are blaming it on the cops. jillian: free basic income, just one problem, the money. how they are looking to the internet for help. ♪ daydream believer and a homecoming queen ♪ ♪ as moms, we send our kids out into the world, full of hope. and we don't want something like meningitis b getting in their way. meningococcal group b disease, or meningitis b, is real. bexsero is a vaccine to help prevent meningitis b in 10-25 year olds. even if meningitis b is uncommon, that's not a chance we're willing to take. meningitis b is different from the meningitis most teens were probably vaccina

we're live in crocket, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you. we turn to the weather.uality concerns ahead of the labor day holiday, and that's a live look right now at san francisco. >> and we have been dealing with these concerns over the air qualities for the past week now. i want to show you this live camera in san francisco, and you can see the fog rolling through. this is going to keep the temperatures cool, and the air quality index came out at 7:00 a.m., and we were all green and now we are still seeing moderate conditions and parts of the north way and even parts of the eastbound, and in through livermore and antioch. what does it mean for your outdoor activities? it means we need to be mindful. the worst of the smoke is expected to be over nevada but if you are somebody that deals with respiratory issues you want to limit your outdoor activities. i will have a look at the warm 90s expected as we head into tomorrow coming up. >> thank you. >>> any changes to the forecast you will know about it right away, that is if you have our nbc bay area app. the weather t

i was interviewing the jensen brothers. they were doubles players in professional tennis.toe. i ate it so hard. it's a miracle i didn't break a dozen bones. they played it nonstop the summer of 1997. >> dana: can we play at the next time you are on? >> jesse: physical injuries, not emotional. >> greg: one of the strangest goal thing injuries ever. i was holding the golf club when i went to bend over to pick up the ball and it went right into my throat. i jammed the club into my throat. i almost died. i almost died. >> jesse: i almost delight. >> greg: i was on the ground. i was in a park hitting the plastic balls. >> jesse: public courses, kind of dangerous. >> dana: we talked about this. my mom told me when i was 13 don't go on these three wheelers with those boys. he told me to hold on. >> greg: troy, the chiropractor. >> dana: i didn't want him to think that i liked him so i didn't hold on and i fell off and the three wheeler rolled over my foot and broke my angel. -- broke my ankle. >> greg: troy has become kind of a legend on "the five." >> dana: can someone remind me

>>reporter: jensen closes this week and had to hill country in texas for other sellers, the advice is but to be prepared to do something that has not hathan asking. the blossom hills section of san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >> the truth is i never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise. >>> judge brett kavanaugh speaking out with his tv interview tonight to denying sexual assault claims by a bay area professor. the interview comes a day after the new market magazine published an egg then claiming cavanaugh exposed himself to harass another woman while he was in college. good evening i'm fred -- frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. judge kavanaugh and his first accuser christine blasey ford at the are tentatively set test hill. for the latest on today's opponent, alex joins us live in the newsroom.>>reporter: judge brett kavanaugh today strongly denied sexually assaulting anyone as a young man, despite allegations now by two women. in an interview with fox news is sitting next to his wife, he said there were parties and drinking in high school, but nothing li

. >> if i could make a recommendation, kristin jensen, city attorney, as one of the commissioners pointed out, this is a private agreement. it's not a condition of approval this they reach an agreement with heritage. while they can discuss findings, i would not recommend putting it as a condition. >> commissioner koppel: i would also make a condition to approval the final e.i.r., as well. >> clerk: we will take up those matters separately. >> president hillis: i'll second commissioner coppells's motion to approve the final e.i.r. >> clerk: very good. there's been a motion. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: so moved, commission, that motion passes unanimously 7-0. there is a second motion for the project to approve the project as proposed without -- or with the removal of the historic facade as amended by staff, including that condition read into the record. >> i think you need to adopt the ceqa findings first. >> president hillis: that's part of this. >> clerk: that's part of this, yes. >> president hillis: they're 15 a and b, adopt the ceqa findings and approve the entitlements. >>

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entre island triggered a tsunami that swept away entire communities around the indian ocean peter jensen is professor and director of the copenhagen center for disaster research at the university of copenhagen he joins us now via skype good to have you with us so first of all what what went wrong with the whole warning system when they issued the tsunami warning when they withdrew it and the tsunami then hit. yeah i hear different rumors and that one and i cannot confirm it. as such but according to the official reports that i have see that they have put this tsunami to come a bit before then it actually it's but apparently there was something. with the seabed and so on so you couldn't predict it as. as precise as they would have liked to do it but i don't know i cannot say oh in to my information i don't know if. if that warning had been read groom before this would not be here well i don't want to of course to speculate about what happened but let's talk in general terms in a situation like this where one expects a tsunami to come earlier. than that that he actually did does technology

though unable to change the tragic outcome of jacob's life, deputy kern, captain jensen, agent mcdonald, agent ball and agent bokers were able to offer some peace and comfort by apprehending jacob's murderer. mr. speaker, words cannot adequately express the gratitude that the wetterling family and all minnesotans have for the law enforcement who never stopped searching for jacob. who never gave up. to deputy kern, captain jensen, agent mcdonald, agent ball and agent bokers, on behalf of all minnesotans, thank you and god bless you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman s recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm here to speak about the need protect social security. last year the republicans passed an expensive tax scam that gave 83% of the benefits to the top 1%. this and the new tax scam 2.0 will add trillions to our deficit. now they're trying to use this massive deficit that they created to justify cutting and dismantling social security. all this while retirement s

news director bess jensen said she knew angela's story would resonate. >> the way she told that storyof angela's is now a crusade of the station's and it's going to be in our dna for a long time. >> angela kennecke wants to help addiction. she joins us now. angela, thank you so much. i'm so sorry you're here at the table for this reason. i wonder as a local news anchor why you decided to share it so publicly. was it a struggle for you to make this decision? >> i took a few months off to kind of cope what happened to me. i thought i can let this loss, this devastation destroy me or do something about it. and over the course of my career i have asked so many parents to talk to me and just people in general who are grieving who have had horrible tramgic things happen to them as you have. i thought, i have to talk about it. i have an obligation to talk about. my number one reason for talking about it is to erase the stigma that is surrounding the stigma of especially the use of heroin, opioids. >> you had no idea. this is what i marvel at. you said you all were close, you knew she had som

lasse jensen said he may not play competitive golf again but the decline started a long time before that time before that. november2009, he crashed decline started a long time before that. november 2009, he crashed his car outside his house and it emerged transgressions in his private life we re transgressions in his private life were behind the turmoil. he and his wife divorced and combined with that and back surgery and injuries, he dropped outside the world's top 500, outside the top 1000. at one time he was 1199 in the world. he had to have multiple surgery on his back and the last of those came last year with spinalfusion and the last of those came last year with spinal fusion surgery. and then the famous mugshot beamed around the world where he was arrested and found asleep at the wheel of his car. 0nce accepted his chances of making it back to the top were slim and many had written him off, but he was back playing in november last year and his improvement has been gradual. he was in the chase at the open this summer. he was in the chase at the us pga, the final major of the year i

i'd like to thank my legislative director matt jensen. he worked diligently behind the scenes to identify the proper vehicle and offset for the bill. he reviewed just about every fund and fee in the entire federal government and would not give up. next up is my chief of staff, matt sandren. matt has been with me now for 15 years. he's one of the finest aides i've ever had. he spent years as my go-to intellectual counterbefore becoming my chief of staff and has been an essential part of this process. he had the foresight and strategic know-how to get this bill across the finish line. no last-minute obstacle was going to stop him. finally, mr. president, i'd like to thank my chief counsel, chris vapes. he oversaw this bill from start to finish, from the very first stakeholder meetings where we talked about broad outlines to last week when he sat next to me on the floor when the senate passed the bill by voice vote. for over a year he's dealt expertly with dozens of stakeholders and 100 senate offices. he's had the judgment to know when to s