the activists are calling for the firing of ceo john watson and they are demanding that chevron improve public safety after the refinery fire in richmond and oil explosion in nigeria. one amazwatch protester accused watson of deliberately turning his back on some of the victims. >> we want john watson to be held accountable for what he has done as ceo for this company. >> they demand safer operations and a halt to political contributions. chevron said that the company never conducted operations in ecuador. and all operations were settled before chevron bought texaco back in 2001. >>> the american red cross is sending two volunteers to help in oklahoma. they are scheduled to leave tomorrow morning. they will join nearly 900 other red cross volunteers already on the ground in the oklahoma city area. >>> a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in plumas county is estimated to have caused more than a million in damage. officials say last week's earthquake damaged more than 50 homes. some suffered flooding and water damage. one was actually lifted off its foundation. the earthquake also ruptured a tank t

demonstrators stood outside demanding the firing of ceo john watson. several pro testors went into the meeting including richmond residents who questioned watson about the fire in august at the chevron refinery that sent smoke into neighborhood autos it with wo just take them a few million dollars to clean up their act z a lot of this would stop. if they just cleaned up their act around the world. >> we've invested close to $200 million with local businesses supporting education. working on economic development. reducing crime. >> chevron says it has implemented new safety measures at the refinery. >> health statistic might surprise you tonight. california has the most tuberculosis cases in the nation. one in five. the three city was the highest rate in the state are in silicon valley. >> san jose, sunnyvale and santa clara are up there in america. >> we have a diverse population and international travelers and tech entrepreneur that's travel globally. >> here is the breakdown according to department of public health, 89% of the case heerz were in fore

morning in richmond ahead of chevron's shareholder meeting calling for the termination of the ceo john watson. the richard mayor is supporting the activists. the coalition plans to deliver pink slips to the ceo and submit a signed petition asking chevron to stop its political spending on pro-chevron candidates. >>> the suspect in a deadly hit- and-run crash in colma could appear in court as soon as today. 25-year-old paul diaz of daly city is being held in the san mateo county jail on $750,000 bail. three people were killed in monday's collision on hillside boulevard. >>> and san francisco's muni system is far away from meeting its goals for having trains and buses running on time. the delays are extensive. city study finds muni service disruptions costs commuters at least $50 million a year in economic production. the report also says muni is on time only 58% of the time. its goal is 85%. >>> the sharks will have to wait at least another season to bring the stanley cup to san jose. >> los angeles advances to the western conference finals! >> the sharks fell 2-1 in los angeles last night in t

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this year activists are focusing demands on the the ceo john watson who they want fired. among concerns last year's refinery fire in richmond, an oil rig explosion in nigeria last year and an oil spill in ecuador more than a decade ago. a woman whiewts grandparents were killed in that oil spill says it's an environmental disaster that more people need to know about. >> i didn't know there was a huge, larger than exxon valdez oil spill. my grandparents died there. i just didn't know. when i read the newspaper and when i search google for the latest news i feel it's missing. >> activists are delivering a petition to chevron asking the oil giant to halt contributions to local politicians and clean up its public safety record. chevron issued a statement saying it's spent hundreds of millions of dollars on community efforts. >>> east palo alto police plan to talk tonight about a recent increase in violence. the chief declared a crime emergency and doubled the number of patrol officers. that led to the arrest of 27 people, 10 of them alleged gang members. people in east palo al

the coalition is calling for the termination of chevron's ceo john watson. richmond's mayor is standing beside the activists. the coalition plans to deliver pink slips to the ceo and submit a signed petition asking chevron to stop its political spending on pro chevron candidates. >>> the suspect in a deadly hit- and-run crash in colma could appear in a san mateo county courtroom as early as today. 25-year-old paul diaz of daly city is being held on $750,000 bail. three people were killed in monday's collision on hillside boulevard. >>> san francisco's muni system is far from meeting its goals for having trains and buses running on time and the delays are expensive. a city study finds muni service disruptions cost commuters at least $50 million a year in economic production. the report also says muni is on time only 58% of the time. its goal is 85%. >>> coming up, trouble in toon town. why people visiting the happiest place on earth got a scare. >> plus the president caught with lipstick on his collar. his explanation for the first lady. >> time to soar like

pro testors held signs outside of the complex demanding the ouster of john watson. some demonstrators challenged executives for fighting a $19 billion verdict. >> eight u.s. courts have found fraud in the case in ecuador and continue to find the truth to, explain that. >> pro testors questioned executives for the fire last august that sent smoke into surrounding neighborhoods. >> these people are in there denying there is a problem if they had culpability for sending 15,000 people to the hospital. reporting $26 billion in profits last year. >> tonight a fine over the facebook fiasco. the governor ordered the exchange to pay $10 million fwor allowing the public offering to go forward despite a technical glitch. 30,000 words got stuck in the system. officials refused to stop trading and investors lost estimated $500 million. this fine is the largest ever levied against a stock exchange. >> today the dow jones fell by almost the same amount gained yesterday. 106 points. traitders concerned economy doing so well, the fed will end it's $85 billion bond buying stimulus pr

john watson to testify in the case and defend his company against an eighteen billion dollar legal settlement now here's the story in two thousand and one chevron bought texaco a company that drilled for oil in ecuador in this area over here and it's alleged that texaco contributed to the environmental contamination of the ecuadorian rain forest and the poisoning of local populations with these oil pits that you see here by buying texaco in two thousand and one chevron was suddenly responsible for all of texaco's liabilities and pending lawsuits and that liability grew a lot more expensive in two thousand and eleven when a judge in ecuador ruled on behalf of the plaintiffs in the case ordering chevron to pay more than nine billion dollars in damages later revised up to eighteen billion dollars the second largest environmental judgment in history second only to b.p.'s gulf oil spill now chevron is the third most profitable corporation in the world in two thousand and twelve bittern more than twenty six billion dollars it paid only a nineteen percent tax rate roughly half of what the actual top

pro testors held signs outside of the complex demanding the ouster of john watson.ators challenged executives for fighting a $19 billion verdict. >> eight u.s. courts have found fraud in the case in ecuador and continue to find the truth to, explain that. >> pro testors questioned executives for the fire last august that sent smoke into surrounding neighborhoods. >> these people are in there denying there is a problem if they had culpability for sending 15,000 people to the hospital. reporting $26 billion in profits last year. >> tonight a fine over the facebook fiasco. the governor ordered the exchange to pay $10 million fwor allowing the public offering to go forward despite a technical glitch. 30,000 words got stuck in the system. officials refused to stop trading and investors lost estimated $500 million. this fine is the largest ever levied against a stock exchange. >> today the dow jones fell by almost the same amount gained yesterday. 106 points. traitders concerned economy doing so well, the fed will end it's $85 billion bond buying stimulus program. >> a ba

protesters called for the firing of ceo john watson. they want chevron to improve public safety. they also said the company must be held responsible for numerous spills and accidents. for its part, chevron says it provides 10s of thousands of jobs, a reliable source of energy and makes corporate investments in social programs. >>> motorola announced plans for the first smart phone ever aseemabled in the u.s. the moto x will be put together at a plant in fort worth, texas. motorola was a pioneer in cell phones that lost ground to samsung and apple. >>> a boot in the door in silicon valley. jana katsuyama shows us the friendly competition aimed at helps vets move from the battlefield to the tech field. >> a veteran success story. a former army ranger who led operations in iraq, now turned founder of troop id. a tech start up that helps verify the identities. he is one of the tech mentors who volunteered today to help 69 veterans at a vet and tech event at facebook. albert led one of the nine teams, preparing to pitch their ideas to the panel of exbirths. his website would help matc

protesters called for the firing of ceo john watson. they want chevron to improve public safety. they also said the company must be held responsible for numerous spills and accidents. for its part, chevron says it provides 10s of thousands of jobs, a reliable source of energy and makes corporate investments in social programs. >>> motorola announced plans for the first smart phone ever aseemabled in the u.s. the moto x will be put together at a plant in fort worth, texas. motorola was a pioneer in cell phones that lost ground to samsung and apple. >>> a boot in the door in silicon valley. jana katsuyama shows us the friendly competition aimed at helps vets move from the battlefield to the tech field. >> a veteran success story. a former army ranger who led operations in iraq, now turned founder of troop id. a tech start up that helps verify the identities. s one of who volunteered today to help 69 veterans at a vet and tech event at facebook. albert led one of the nine teams, preparing to pitch their ideas to the panel of exbirths. his website would help match people with mentors

we're talking about ceo john watson they're not pleased with his efforts as far as what they claim isador as well as what happened and richmond back in 2012 when the refinery there sent smoke and all of these chemicals into the air. >> nearly 50,000 people went to the hospital complaining of respiratory illness. a lot going on this morning. the plan to roll up the pink slip and walk in there to either personally handed to what some or some representative. if they're not pleased with what happened richmond also not pleased with what is going on as far chevrons contribution to what they claim are pro chevron politicians. what happened richmond they claim $1.2 million was given to council members that would thwas pro kron. >> here is what some protesters at say about the seal. over the last three years his lead chevron down a ditch. there and buy a record continues to worsen here in california as well as abroad. is that of taking responsibility they have launched attacks against their credits. the human rights position, lawyers and indigenous people from the amazon and people from richmo

a group of activists is calling for the resignation of the chevron ceo john watson.athing problems. traffic and weather after the break. Ñáçwçñ [ male announcer ] we gave the new e-class some of the most advanced driver systems ever made. stereoscopic vision... distronic plus braking... lane keeping and steering assist... eleven enhanced systems in all. ♪ ♪ twelve, counting your adrenaline system. the 2014 e-class. the most intelligent, exhilarating mercedes-benz ever made. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. >>> good morning. we have some slowdowns along the peninsula. southbound 101 right before highway 92 there was a car fire. it's out. cleared to the right shoulder. but emergency crews ended up being on scene and so they are still blocking a right lane. and yeah, looks like it's still pretty jammed up from at least burlingame. also, northbound 880 in oakland approaching high street, an accident there just cleared to the right-hand shoulder. unfortunately, it's still stacked up into hayward. and

shareholders' meeting today and plan to hand over a 20,000- signature petition that calls for the ceo, john watsony say because the company spent millions of dollars in richmond. >> they've tried to have richmond leaders elected by putting millions of dollars in that election. they try to bulldoze over the community and democracy. >> reporter: we've tried several times to get a response from chevron. we've not gotten one. there said they've been a part of the community for a long time and have invested in the community for the past few years. protesters will be out here throughout the morning. along with the protesters there a really charge security presence, both internally and the city of san ramon. police officers are here as well if it gets too rowdy. that doesn't appear that will happen. protesters say they will be here all morning. the meeting started about a half-hour ago. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the berkeley police association will release the results of its taser study in march, the police association surveyed voters about the potential taser use by the sit's police officer

. >>> the watsons go to birmingham is based on the book of the same name by christopher paul curtis. the film airs september 20th on the hallmark channel. >>> welcome back, i'm joe johns. in the east. we'll go and take a couple of pictures at arlington national cemetery, just outside of washington, d.c. where you can see people holding hands there. this is the moment established by the country as a moment of remembrance. you're looking there at them and let's listen now. >>. ♪ land that i love stand beside her and guide her ♪ ♪ from the mountains to the prairie ♪ ♪ to the ocean ♪ god bless america my home sweet home ♪ ♪ god bless america my home sweet home ♪ >> may they all rest in peace! >> barbara starr, you've been there all day, it seems. give me a sense of the feeling right now. >> reporter: i don't know we could have been anywhere else but here, of course, today, joe. what we're seeing is the families, friends, battle buddies, the children of those who fell on the battlefields of iraq and afghanistan. some 800 troops from those wars buried here, many, many of them young people from all over this country. and every year what we see is the people come here to leav