nbc bay area's kris sanchez with more now live for us as this case proceeds. and chris, walk us through what happened this morning in court. all right. i'll have to paint a picture for you, marcus, because no cameras were allowed in the courtroom. but omar torres was in the courtroom briefly this morning. his beard was shaved off, his hair was buzzed off, and he was wearing a brown prison or jail jumpsuit. so that's what he looked like this morning. he was in court to enter a plea to those charges that he faces. he entered a plea of not guilty to those three felony counts of child sexual assault. he is now scheduled to appepear in court april 28th for a preliminary hearing. that's the hearing where a judge determines whether there is enough evidence to move the case forward to trial. now, this is torres. in a prior court appearance in november, he requested to be released on bail, but the judge said he continued to be a danger to the community, especially to minors, and denied bail, so torres remains in custody. torres was under investigation for sexual miscon

kris sanchez today in the bay. all right. certainly we'll follow this one. kris. thank you.ople who are already struggling to make it in the bay, there is renewed concern over their health care. that's because congress has just 11 days to approve a new spending bill, and health advocates are fearing drastic cuts to medicaid. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab joins us live from san francisco with a look at what's at stake. hey, ginger. good morning to you. kira will. congress last week took the first steps in kick starting these talks by passing a budget framework that fell along party lines. now it calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts. and while it doesn't lay out specifically where these cuts will be made, some experts are saying they can't hit that mark without significant cuts to medicaid because of medicaid's large costs. now, medicaid offers a last ditch effort or last ditch option for coverage for millions of americans, including disabled americans and millions of children. it's jointly paid for by states and the federal government, but it is one of the largest

today in the bay's kris sanchez, live for us outside of one san jose location. and kris, this is where protests are planned. yes. and in fact, marcus, the kids here at overfelt high school are planning to participate. they've been organizing on social media for this day without immigrants, and we expect that they will be doing something later on this afternoon. they are joining that national call for boycotts and protests. and they say the trump administration is launching is a war on immigrants. and last night, a protest of a different kind as dozens of people left san jose in a caravan bound for the central valley, where a man is being held by ice. the family of says pena. lopez says that he was picked up by ice agents, beaten up so badly he ended up in the hospital and now he is being detained in mcfarland, near bakersfield. in a statement, i said that he was arrested as part of a targeted enforcement and that he was deported in 2013. but critics say pena lopez is being treated without dignity. we want, you know, full release for eunisses and not only for euni

kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. thanks. kris.ry school in sonoma county was forced to close today after extensive vandalism was found inside. so our cameras could only see outside the school this morning. it does not show where the vandalism happened or what it involved, but we did see police carry out what appears to be evidence bags. the school district says it sent a letter to families asking students to stay at home while police investigate, and the damage gets cleaned up. it's not clear if the school will reopen tomorrow. investigators are asking for anyone with information to reach out to the rohnert park police department. oakland police are investigating a serious crash that left a car wrapped around a pole. it happened around four this morning near 54th avenue and international boulevard. we know that the driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition. nbc bay area sky ranger was over the scene just a couple of hours ago, and it captured video of the horrific scene. the cause of the crash still under investigatio

today we spoke to irina kris sanchez, a san francisco resident who's from ukraine. almost immediately following the 2023 invasion, she hung a ukrainian flag from her home. today, that flag became a conversation starter between her and a neighbor she has never met. both shocked at the level of discourse during today's meeting in the oval office. i'm worried about next step. it will probably be the baltics, you know. and then it'll be moldova. and then i worry about my home country. i was disgusted. i'm an american voter. i'm a taxpayer. i'm a patriot. i'm a believer in american values. he was a lion among jackals. he stood his ground. he was polite. he was. he tried to make his points, and then he was bombarded by idiotic comments from vance and trump. let's bring in our political analyst, larry gerston. larry, i mean, there's one thing we keep saying over and over again today. we've never seen anything like this. i mean, watching this, knowing we're watching history, we're watching big shifts in european history, american history all play out in front of us. have yo

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