chief of police in oakland, the stunning development coming in just the last few minutes both mayor libby shaft and the police commission making the decision and it was announced at the commission meeting tonight the situation is unfolding as we speak and we're waiting to hear from the commissioners about this decision. >>ann kirkpatrick was sworn in almost exactly 3 years ago as the police chief of oakland tonight. she is no longer the chief in her time as chief kirkpatrick has tackled several top issues for the department including a rise in violent crime in 2019 racial disparities in policing and improving the relationship between police and the oakland community kirkpatrick is at 38 year veteran in law enforcement and was brought in to transform the embattled oakland police department following several scandal the time air libby schaff said the kirkpatrick was selected out of 30 candidates for her character leading by example and being unafraid to hold others accountable for the most on ethical conduct. >>kirkpatrick was the first female police chief for oakland before that she had of

she was selected and appointed by mayor libby schaaf in 2017 and was tasked with restoring confidence in the department that was rocked by a sex scandal involving officers and an underaged girl. >> meanwhile oakland's police department has been under federal monitoring for 17 years. the department has struggled to comply with the negotiated settlement stemming from the police misconduct case in 2003. more than 100 oakland residents sued the city saying a band of rogue officers planted drugs and beat people up. attorneys for victims as well as a court appointed monitor say police have been backsliding on some of the required reforms, isciply actio for use of excessive force. now kirkpatrick was hired in 2017 after a sexual abuse scandal. an uproar over how oakland police handled that case prompted the ouster in 2016 of the previous chief. oakland has one of the strongest models of civilian oversight in the country. the police commission was created in 2016 after a ballot initiative aiming to rebuild trust between officers and 7 volunteer commissioners have the rare authority to discipl

. >> mayor libby schaaf says the chief was fired without cause.>> mayor libby schaaf is selected anne kirkpatrick as a chief back in january 2017, just three years ago. now kirkpatrick is out. the interim assistant chief of police will serve as acting chief lected. as henry lee tells us, city officials said it's time for new leadership.>> the oakland police commission voted unanimously to fire police chief anne kirkpatrick, with oakland mayor libby schaaf giving her blessing three years after she swore kirkpatrick in. >> the trust between the police commission and police chief has become irrevocably broken. >> the mayor said a voter approved measure gave her in the commission the ability to fire the chief without cause. she thanked kirkpatrick for service but set a new leader to needed to move the department forward. speck i do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick, i believe there are many examples of how she served our city extremely well over the three years, but i must respect the authority and role of our independent police commission. >> regina jackson, who heads the police comm

. >>> three years ago mayor libby shaft hired kirk patrick. >> if this commission unanimously does not continue to have confidence in this chief, i believe it is my duty to heed their request. >> reporter: kirkpatrick entitled to one -year salary or severance. she says now it's time for a new leader. >> we want a new chief to build community trust, to address the disparity that still exists too, diversify and grow the department to the level of respect our officers and our community deserve. >> i do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick. and i believe there are many examples of way she served our city extremely well over these three years. >> reporter: assistant chief daren allison will serve as acting chief until an interim chief is appointed. mayor libby shaf says they will conduct a nation-wide search for a new chief. >> thank you. >>> developing news in oakland, angry parents are demanding answers tonight. >> they want to know how a cancer-causing chemical ended up in the ground water. >> it will be closed until next week, at the very earliest. >> live with tomorrow's emergency com

tonight mayor libby schaaf also a lights a 50 percent reduction in shootings and homicides in oakland over the last 5 years. and in the next 3 years, the city says residents will see $100 million pave 1100 miles of roads. [ chanting ] >> reporter: outside the theater at the oakland museum of california, housing advocates held signs, including this one. housing is a human right. >> what is a real solution? housing. actual housing. not tough sheds, not rv parks. >> reporter: in oakland, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> the former ceo of an investment giant receives the harshest sentence yet in the college admissions could sp actress lori loughlin. >> and tonight what transit officials are saying in the delay to >>> in los anges le asorh igthveat killed kobe bryant and 8 others. according to the official report, the ntsb is now focused on the pilot and the weather conditions last month. the pilot told air traffic controllers he was climbing to 4,000 feet to get above the clouds. he only made it about 2300 feet. that's when a witness reported seeing the chopper emerge from the clouds and roll to the

that is how many experts viewed donald trump's pardon for bush white house aide scooter libby. remember that? that was two years ago. libby considered himself the target of an unfair prosecution, as the "new york times" reported at the time. other presidents have certainly faced criticism for wielding their pardon power including bill clinton's pardon for financier mark rich, investigate bade doj official names jim comey. and of course those republican pardons of iran contra figures, also controversial. what you're seeing here is president trump breaking records and hitting a new low for the breakdown of justice in the pardon process. these blatant political and messaging pardons. they favor the rich and famous. very obviously so. and the president also succumbing to his well known obsession on this weighty issue with celebrities, television. that brings me to another point that i want you to know. giuliani ally bernie kerik was on fox last night. as was blagojevich's nummelin has also made the case on fox for a pardon looking right through camera. >> i just pardoned brernl ker

libby's monsters police botched the investigation and she joins us live to explain. compromise governor andrew cuomo is offering donald trump to end the travel program freeze. >> you are watching "fox and friends first". a look at top headline starting with a fox news alert, the fbi joining the search for missing 6-year-old girl in south carolina, police think the new surveillance video of faye sweatliquor getting off the school bus before she disappeared, she was last seen playing in her front yard and the coronavirus cases confirmed in the us, the cdc says they arrived in the us on a state department flight from virus ground 0 in china. all passengers on that flight are quarantined in san diego. china reported 254 coronavirus deaths in just one day and democrats calling for william barr to resign amid an ig investigation into roger stone is reduced sentence, scaling back the prosecutor's recommended sentence of up to 9 years on charges stemming from the russia probe. donald trump said democrats should apologize to, quote, a lot of people whose lives they have ruine

. >>> three years ago mayor libby shaft hired kirk patrick. >> if this commission unanimously does not continue to have confidence in this chief, i believe it is my duty to heed their request. >> reporter: kirkpatrick entitled to one -year salary or severance. she says now it's time for a new leader. >> we want a new chief to build community trust, to address the disparity that still exists too, diversify and grow the department to the level of respect our officers and our community deserve. >> i do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick. and i believe there are many examples of way she served our city extremely well over these three years. >> reporter: assistant chief daren allison will serve as acting chief until an interim chief is appointed. mayor libby shaf says they will conduct a nation-wide search for a new chief. >> thank you. >>> developing news in oakland, angry parents are demanding answers tonight. >> they want to know how a cancer-causing chemical ended up in the ground water. >> it will be closed until next week, at the very earliest. >> live with tomorrow's emergency com

mayor libby shaft was there today to try to help ease those fears. they are shaft that now more than ever the chinese committee community needs to be supportive. there have been no confirmed cases of the coronavirus and oakland for business leaders say misinformation online is scaring customers away. >> we recognize that there are many false rumors, many fears and that this is hurting our businesses. >> my restaurant used to be busy all the time, like lunch hour we have 15 minutes to half an hour line. now it's almost empty. like only half of seats are full. >> other businesses say they have seen dwindling customers. >>> in the last 24 hours, china has confirmed 143 additional deaths from the coronavirus and that brings the death toll in mainland china for over 1500. the country has more than 66,000 confirmed cases. meanwhile 380 americans on board a quarantine japanese cruise ship will be flown back to the u.s. tomorrow. some of them will be arriving at travis air force base in fairfield. >>> now to the storm watch. evacuations are underway in missi

oakland police commission voted unanimously to fire police chief anne kirkpatrick with oakland mayor libby schaaf giving her blessing. >> the trust between the police commission and police chief has become irrevocably broken. >> the mayor said the voter approved measure gave her and the commission the ability to fire the chief without cause. she thanked kirkpatrick for her service but said a new leader needed to move the department forward . >> i do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick, and there are many examples of ways she served our city extremely well over these three years, but i must respect the authority and role of our independent police commission. >> regina jackson who has the least commission said there have been speed bumps along the way with kirkpatrick. >> there are a series of other issues that contributed to losing the confidence. >> an independent federal monitor in the police commission said the chief had slipped backward in her effort to reform the department. the rift grew between the chief and monitor after a deadly officer involved shooting in 2018. the chief said t

. >> reporter: the mayor, libby schaaf, talked about values and oakland values. can you talk about your relationship with her and how it changed? >> i think well of mayor libby schaaf and i assume she hired me to give me a great opportunity and that's why i'm really surprised and quite disappointed that three weeks ago, she asked me to go to washington, d.c. for a meeting. she introduced me as her fabulous police chief. i don't understand how you do this, two weeks ago, saying in front of staff members at a meeting that she was going to fight for me. i believed her. >> reporter: what are your options? >> i have legal options i'm weighing right now and what i want is to be honorable and to get to healing. >> reporter: cristina rendon, ktvu, fox two news. >> our coverage does not end there. download the ktvu news app to find extended interview clips with the former chief. >> very interesting and a great interview. >>> 4:18 and let's check with sal for look at traffic. what are you watching? >> looking good, sal. >>> just making sure everything is good and not much

tonight mayor libby schaaf also a lights a 50 percent reduction in shootings and homicides in oakland over the last 5 years. and in the next 3 years, the city says residents wille illion pave 1100 miles of roads. [ an ch ] ng >> reporter: outside the theater at the oakland museum of california, housing g the.inon human right. what is housing. actual housing. not toa ugh sheds, not rv parks >> reporter: in oakland, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> the former ceo of an investment giant receives the harshest sentence yet in the college admissions scandal. why it could spell trouble for actress lori loughlin. >> and tonight what transit officials are saying in the delay to e.st we all have progressive plans to address the big challenges facing our country. what makes me different, is i've been working for ten years outside of washington, to end the corporate takeover of our democracy, and to return power to the american people. i started need to impeach to hold this lawless president accountable. i'm proposing big reforms like term limits... ...a national referendum... ...and ending corporate money

the city's police commission chair regina jackson lasted about 2 minutes after meeting with mayor libby shaft and other commissioners at city hall for hours details on what led to ann kirkpatrick firing were not disclosed other than this was a no cause termination a personnel matter there wasn't enough. leadership. >>and so that we needed new leadership can i do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick. and i believe there are many examples of ways that she served our city extremely well kirkpatrick was dismissed after 3 years on the air shaft brought kirkpatrick in as the city's first female police chief it's my duty as the mayor. >>to recognize the role and authority of this commission. >>and also to recognize when the trust between the police commission and the police chief has become irrevocably broken. will prevent this city from moving forward. >>we're told an assistant police chief will be the interim until they move forward with a new search. mayor schaaf says kirkpatrick will still get a payout that's part of her chief contract mayor libby schaaf says according to that she's contr

is honestly a slap in the face for everybody who lives here. >> reporter: the spokesman for mayor libby schaaf issued a statement saying ann kirkpatrick's service to oakland deserves the gratitude and appreciation members for the department showed her today and said the community will need time to process the firing. that certainly included the officers and kirkpatrick herself. >> i have loved being in oakland and i am saddened i have to say goodbye. kirkpatrick says she will be moving back to seattle. she's also considering bringing a lawsuit over her firing. >> thank you. the commissioner kirkpatrick accused of retaliating against her is now firing back on facebook. janelle harris wrote, the atrocious slander and defamation of my character by the fired ex- chief of police is shameful. she also posted a receipt for $166 she paid the city for what she says was for those towing fees, as well as a string of e- mails between her and an opd spokesperson where she says she was only asking about the policy, not asking for a favor. harris says kirkpatrick assumed she wanted her towing fees wai

was fired last thursday, without cause, by unanimous oakland police commission and approval of mayer libby schaaf. kirkpatrick had this dire message for them. >> by my termination you have destabilized the stability of this police department and destabilizing the community safety when you do that. >> a clear indication the elected officials in this town, members of the police commission in may are clearly do not have the temperature of the police department. >> reporter: in an interview monday, kirkpatrick said her termination may have been retaliation for not agreeing to pay the towing fee of one of the commissioners. she also supported the officers involved in the shooting death of a homeless man coming and opposed to their firing and harsh words for federal monitor robert warshaw, who oversees the department under a federal court order. he would not comment. >> i am so sad to be leaving and i didn't want to go. >> reporter: an enormous number of rank-and- file didn't want her to go either. >> you could fill a palpable sense of depression in the lineup room especially because it was so a

today oakland mayor libby schaaf praised a multi agency effort to fight homelessness. laura anthony is live in oakland with the story tonight. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. this is a pilot program. the whole goal of the program, to keep people from becoming homeless in the first place. >> we want to keep oakland, oakland, and that starts with keeping oaklanders in oakland. >> reporter: 15 months in, mayor libby schaaf says a program to preventing people from becoming homeless in her city is working. >> keep oakland housed in the last year and a half has kept 2,117 households from losing their housing. >> reporter: the 2,100 households include about 4,000 individuals. for more than a thousand clients, the aid came in the form of legal services. 779 received financial help. >> i'm a retired physical education teacher. >> reporter: inez washington is one of those helped by the organizations that make up keep oakland housed. in her case with emergency funds to get caught up on her renting. >> you have to keep a positive mind. i just can't -- even though sometimes it's real

the oakland police commission tonight voted unanimously to fire the police chief that mayor libby schaaf handpicked just a little more than three years ago to lead the department. just out of executive session, the head of oakland's police commission, regina jackson, said she made the motion to dismiss the police chief. >> the oakland police commission voted unanimously to join mayor schaaf in terminating the chief of police without cause. >> reporter: during the news conference following the announcement, mayor libby schaaf said she supported the decision while also praising the progress made by oakland's first female police chief. >> under her leadership, oakland has seen a historic reduction in gun violence as well as in officer-involved shootings. >> reporter: anne kirkpatrick was mayor schaaf's bpick three years ago to take the reins in the midst of a sex ploitation. so why did the commission fire her? >> there are a lot of improvements, but the disparities continue to exist, and there are a series of other issues that have just contributed to losing the confidence. >> reporter: the

and with that libby memo and he's really working with the cia. and that is not as unreliable as it was so cheney was furious of the cia so while we are in the era of trump so the question of war i began hearing the analogies this is cheney all over again. cheney and trump were very very different figures that cheney was no populist. and the example of different places one - - places with the order for personal diplomacy in iraq but to be honest the era of bush and cheney has passed into history and then in a completely different era. thank you. now i will take your questions. [applause] >> it sounds like a wonderful book. but cheney and trump do have one thing in common. that would go all the way through the vietnam war. and including bush, george w. bush. so at least he thought about it but anyway. [laughter] we are all the same age does the influence with a thought. >> i don't think it's a determining factor of how they became hawks. many served in many did not. and a determining factor however of the tribalism. so during the intense iraq debat

i'm ken wayne and i'm vicki liviakis in for pam moore tonight, oakland mayor libby shaft deliver her state of the city address tonight at the oakland museum of california. her main focus combating homelessness and keeping residents in the city. our first dan thorn live for us in open tonight, he joins us now with more dan. >>well vicki the state of the city's theme this year was belonging in oakland, the mayor weaving that idea into homelessness and housing. crime and safer streets and also retaining the culture in oakland, the mayor touting improvements such as the amount of people being moved from homelessness to housing as well as doubling the shelter capacity in the city to more than 1700 dead, so former homeless man we moved in oakland's cabin community and is now living in his own place in working in social media was used as one example of the city success in fighting homelessness. >>i believe in homelessness is caused by 4 things. first a failure in our mental health and drug addiction second a housing shortage. income inequality and 4th and most importantly structural racism.

cantrell, head of public policy at pimco and brian schwartz libby, is bloomberg's strategy here with this plan today of tacking to the left going to work for a guy who voted for george w. bush as president and used to be a republican and, by the way, made his billions from wall street? >> yeah, kelly, it's a great question in some ways given how far left the democratic party has gone, he almost had to do this, right? he's very much in lock-step with the democratic party on many other issues and this is one of the more remaining issues that he hadn't put out a plan his plan does resemble, again, kind of where the other democratic candidates are. that's one but two, and this is really important what we're talking to our clients about, the reality is quite different from the rhetoric, particularly because many of these proposals would need to be subject to congress a.m. congressional approval the congress is much more moderate and very far away from many of these plans. you take the financial transaction tax, for instance, there is a similar bill in both the house and the senate, but th

>>now when i opened mayor libby shaft delivering her state of the city address tonight, the speech was held at oakland museum of california good evening, everybody. thanks for being here tonight at 9 i'm grant lotus vicki liviakis the mayor's main focuses on combating homelessness and keeping residents. >>in her city kron four's dan thorn. he's live for us in oakland tonight and joins us now with more dan. >>well vicki the state of the city's theme tonight was belonging rather in oakland mayor libby schaff that this idea should be weaved into homelessness and housing crime and safer streets and retaining the culture within oakland, the mayor touted improvements such as the amount of people that have moved from homelessness to housing as well as doubling the shelter capacity in the city to more than 1700 shelter beds so former homeless man moved in oakland's cabin community and is now living on his own and working in social media was used as one example of the city success in combating homelessness. >>i believe in homelessness is caused by 4 things. first a failure in our mental health

>>to the east bay where oakland mayor libby shaft is promising to fix the homeless and housing crisis in her city. >>the mayor gave her state of the city address tonight at the oakland museum of california and that's where we're joined by kron four's dan thorn tonight, he has more from the speech stand. >>well can the state of the city's theme this year was belonging in oakland mayor libby shaft weaving that idea into homelessness and housing crime and safer streets and also retaining culture within the city. >>before a packed auditorium homelessness and housing take center stage at oakland mayor libby shaft state of the city address if we want to keep oakland oakland, we must start by keeping oakland ers in oakland, the mayor touting successes in combating homelessness such as the city's cabin community and moving nearly 900 people off of the streets and into housing. the mayor pledges to double that number this year in just 2 years oakland has doubled its shelter capacity improvements, an eviction numbers were also noted is the mayor thanked renter protection laws for driving them d

libby schaaf sided with them to fire her without cause. a tearful kirkpatrick hugged. >> im ne would rather lose my j and scekeep my integrity. >> reporter: some officers are thinking of quitting. >> i know plenty of people have mentioned about looking for other places, because there have been a lot of negative things one after another. >> reporter: as far as the hiring process going for the next police schiechief, they wi come up with four candidate. the names will go to the mayor and city administrator and mayor libby schaaf will have the final say. that's latest here in oakland, nbc bay area news. >> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we had a beautiful sunset and a beautiful day. >> the next couple days, we do eventually have some showers move back into the forecast. let's bring you into that tonight. i want to get you a live view out across the east bay and thanks to celine and master control for getting this fine tuned for us. a little haze off in the distance. we had a high of 76 in walnut creek, right now dropping

decision by the police commission to fire her they had a closed door meeting yesterday with mayor libby shaft unanimously decided to fire her without cause there was nothing that led up to it, although there had the years of friction between the commission as well as the police chief the police chief is oakland's first female police officer and when she was hired 3 years ago, she was the 4th police officer in the span of 7 months because of a allegations investigation involving a teenage girl and many of the police officers in oakland and that's why she was brought in to clean things up but throughout the years there's been a lot of friction between the commission and her including 2 years ago when 5 oakland police officers opened fire on an unarmed man the commission and swell as many in the community, one of those police officers at the very least fired. but instead they say kirkpatrick protected these officers, here's side. the police commission as well as the mayor talking about their decisions. >>wasn't enough. leadership and so that we needed new leadership for oakland, it's my du

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donald trump pardoned libby in 2018. democrat adam schiff foreshadowed his response to a possible pardoned tweeting to pardon stone when his crimes were committed to protect trump would be a breathtaking act of corruption. >> roger stone and everybody has to be treated fairly and this is not been a fair process, okay. >> as the president notes, there's more to play out, stone is free tonight because his attorneys want a new trial. one of their argument centers on the jury's for men who allegedly didn't disclose social media posts that were critical of the president before being picked, the president weighed in on that tonight saying the whole case isn't looking good for the justice department, with justice in quotation marks. >> >> amid these tangles at the justice department and his own attorney general, we are getting a better understanding of the president's views on justice. and remarks before the rally the president tried to strike a tone of empathy and redemption on a week when he partner commuted the sentence of 1

the oakland mayor libby schaaf supported the decision to fire her. >> i do not regret choosing chiefatrick and i believe there are many examples of the ways she served our city very well over these last three years but i must respect the authority and role of our independent police commission. >> there are a series of other issues that have just contributed to losing the confidence. we didn't think that she was going to be the most effective chief in oakland. >> mayor schaaf inherited a department rocked by a scandal involving oakland police officers and a teenager worker. they said quote we will work hard to achieve and maintain stability, continuing to focus on public safety, service, and community. in true form we will persevere together as an opd family. >>> and a cancelation after a cancer-causing chemicals in the school. the school removed a petroleum tank for a campus last fall. results from environmental testing found levels of tce in the groundwater, but not drinking water. >> the levels that we're seeing here, they're just above the levels where there might be a problem whe

mayor libby schaaf hired her and the mayor was the one who told her she was fired. the commission said there have been notable successes under her leadership, but commissioners felt kirkpatrick was still lacking. >> there are a lot of improvements but the disparities won't to exist and there are a series of other issues that contributed to losing the confidence. we didn't think she was going to be the most effective chief in oakland. >> i do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick. and i believe there are many examples of ways that she served our city extremely well over these three years. but i must respect the authority and role of our independent police commission. >> the police union is not happy about this saying kirkpatrick was a well respected leader who was making significant progress and bringing stability to the opd. it goes on to say, the statement from the union, that police officers are disappointed in the actions of the police commission and the mayor. kirkpatrick is entitled to one-year's salary as severance, that's around $273,000. the mayor says the c

leave this way is honestly a slap in the face for everybody who is here. >> the spokesman for mayor libby oakland deserves the gratitude and appreciation that members it showed her today. they will also need time to process the firing, that includesloved being with oakland and i'm sad i have to say goodbye. >> the commissioner who kirkpatrick accused of retaliating against her is firing back on facebook. she wrote "the atrocious  slander and defamation of my character by the fired ex-chief of police is shameful." harris also posted to receive 160 $66 for towing fees and a string of emails where she was only asking about towing policy, not asking for any favors. harris says kurt patrick assumed she wanted her towing fees waived and was disrespected. >>> san jose police are investigating a pair of firebombings that took place at two homes on the same night this past weekend. jesse gary shows us, surveillance video of a man on a bicycle throwing a molotov cocktail at a house. >> reporter: neighbor say they saw nothing, until the glowing object in this bicyclists hand hit on the porch in th

libby was there to ease the fierce. mayor shaft said now more than ever the chinese community needs to be supported. while there are no case in oakland, business leaders say misinformation online is scaring their customers away. >> we recognize that there are many false rumors, many fears, and that this is hurting our businesses. >> it is pretty busy all the time like lunch hour, we always have long lines like half and hour, but now, it is almost empty like only a half. >> other chinatown businesses have seen dwindling number of customers. stay with kpix 5 for continuing coverage of the outbreak. you can always get the latest information on kpix.com/coronavirus. >>> a house in daly city is heavily damaged after being engulfed by a two-alarm fire. the north county fire authorities say it began after 9:00 last night. it was on hanover street right near crocker avenue. so far, there is no word of any injuries. >>> we're hearing this morning from a san jose man who was punched multiple times over a parking dispute. the atta

kirkpatrick sat down today to talk about libby schaaf. >> i'm embarrassed. those headlines went national. it's painful to me. it's not how i would like to end 38 years. >> what is your biggest regret? >> i don't have a regret. i actually don't have a single regret. >> reporter: anne kirkpatrick believes her firing may be out of retaliation. she says a police commissioner approached her in 2018, asking to have her tow tickets reimbursed, but kirkpatrick wouldn't do it. >> you hired a woman of integrity. by that, i am willing to stand on my values. i am willing to lose a job by standing on my values. >> no regrets? >> no regrets. >> reporter: the police commission has been at odds with with kirkpatrick in the past, including the 2018 shooting death of josha pollack. >> do you feel like you were atlanta parent enough with the public? >> absolutely. >> again, i believed in those things. so in the pollack shooting, i had tried to bring in outside people to sit on the board, to make the determination if the shooting was in policy, or out of policy. you don't get m

. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf's office provided a thank you to kirkpatrick for her service and did not address the retaliation but said the police commission exercised its full power with the unanimous vote and it's the mayor's duty to determine when the trust between the police commission and the police chief was lost and to prevent oakland from moving forward. kirkpatrick plans to address the members of the police department before going back to seattle this week. >> what did she say about her relationship with mayor libby schaaf? when that statement was made, she seemed to have a little bit of a mix. >> was she blindsided? >> reporter: she said in washington, d.c., mayor schaaf was touting her as her wonderful police chief and then she was terminated. she said they've always had a good relationship and she speaks very highly of mayor schaaf. the mayor said it was very difficult and she needed to do this. >> interesting interview and we will see where it all lays out. >> reporter: more in the next hour. >> good. >>> new this morning, two are in custody, accused of driving into tw

here's the police commissioner and mayor libby shaft talking about their decision. >>there wasn't enough. leadership and so that we needed new leadership for oakland, it's my duty as the mayor to recognize the role and authority of this commission. and also to recognize when the trust between the police commission and the police chief has become irrevocably broken. will prevent this city from moving forward. >>so you heard the mayor talking about the trust between the commission as well as the police chief 2 years ago, there was a lot of dispute on whether 5 police officers were justified as shooting a man who had been sleeping between his area between a couple of homes, he was armed at the time, but he was sleeping at the time and those officers opened fire on him. a lot of people including the police commission wanted police chief to at the very least fire. those police officers instead she decided according to them to protect those police officers so the animosity kept growing and growing and growing and then suddenly without warning yesterday they met behind clo

oakland mayor libby schaaf supports the decision to fire her. >> i do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick and i believe there are many examples of ways she served our city well over these three years but i must respect the authority and role of our independent police commission. >> there are a series of other issues that have just contributed to losing the confidence. we didn't think she was going to be the most effective chief in oakland. >> mayor schaaf appointed kirkpatrick in early 2017. she inherited the department rocked by a scandal involving an oakland police officer and a teenage sex worker. we will work hard to achieve and maintain stability continuing to focus on public safety, service and community in true form. we will persevere together. >>> time is 5:05. today, for the second straight day there will be no classes at the mcclymonds high school. the results from the tests in the area were result of petroleum tanks found levels of tce in the ground water but not the drinking water. the school district held a community meeting last night to give parents and students the very la

bush had commuted scooter libby's sentence. that had to do with the valerie claim affair going back. that was prosecuted by patrick fitzgerald. patrick fitzgerald, very good friends with james comey. patrick fitzgerald was also the prosecutor for blagojevich, and as you heard, president trump connects to james comey, james comey connects to stone. it is kind of interesting, connecting those dots. >> bret: remember, kupperman six was accused of trying to sell former president obama's sentence. we were not only that, extorting a children's hospital. of course, he did spend eight years in jail and a president is saying his sentence was extensive at 14 years great he will be out soon, no doubt we will all hear from him very soon, i'm sure. bret baier, thank you so much for the quick turnaround, we appreciate it. >> bret: sure. >> dana: let's get more on the president's decision to commute former illinois governor kupperman six a simpsons, matt finn is live outside of speech when he sixes house. >> dana, this house behind me, the ho

. >> the judge compared stone's sentence to scooter libby who received 30 months lying and obstructing justice lying to vice president dick cheney. he parted libby in 2018 for democrat adam schiff foreshadowed his response to a possible pardon, tweeting to pardon stone when his crimes were committed to protect trump would be a breathtaking act of corruption. >> roger stone and everybody has to be treated fairly. this has not been a fair process, okay? >> as the president notes, there's more to play out. stone is free tonight because as attorneys want a new trial. one of the argument centers on the jury is for women who did not disclose social media posts that were critical of the president before being picked. the president weighed in on that all too tonight. the case not looking good for the justice department with "justice" in quotation marks. >> kristin: thanks. amid these tangles with the justice department and is an attorney general, we are getting a better understanding of the president's views on justice. any marks before tonight's rally, the president try to strike a tone of em

>>welcome back to kron 4 news at 8 in the east bay oakland mayor libby shaft is promising to fix the homeless and housing crisis in the city. it was the main talking point in her state of the city address this week. mayor schaaf also pointed to improvements such as doubling the shelter capacity in the city to more than 1700 beds. nearly 900 oakland residents who were once homeless have found a home over the last year, the plan is to double that number this year i believe homelessness is caused by 4 things. >>first a failure in our mental health and drug addiction systems, second a housing shortage. income inequality and 4th and most importantly structural racism. >>the mayor did face some opposition to her plans protesters were calling for a stop to all of actions. the mayor wrapped up her speech with an emphasis on arts and culture within the city saying it could help bring a unique vision to oakland also in the east bay more than 200 teachers could lose their jobs because of budget cuts. >>the west contra costa county school district budget deficit is in the 10's of millions of dol

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mayor libby schaaf will deliver her state of the city address.pected to talk about her accomplishment as meier. it all starts at the oakland museum of art at 430 this afternoon. >>> and the san francisco giants are helping their friends will forget about the forgettable baseball season. they are holding a fanfest at oracle park. >>> despite fears surrounding the coronavirus, the chinese new year activities will still be going on. >>> if you plan on heading out to the parade this weekend, you might want to use mass transit. muni will be a great option as well as b.a.r.t. keep in mind, too, a lot of street closures in and around the area because of the parade. so a lot of changes will be happening. and if you're heading to the giants fanfest, caltrans will get you there easy. as well as b.a.r.t. and muni. we do have some stop-and-go conditions northbound 101, just slightly. lookout for an an accident there. getting busy across the span. >>> welcome we are looking at clear skies and many locations, although some spots especially along the coast, par

>>it stars moving forward we do know now that open mayor libby schaaf has appointed the interim police chief excuse me the assistant police chief to be the interim police chief a technically kirkpatrick is still on the job because either today or the next couple of days. she has a decision to make whether or not to sign her termination letter and by doing that basically agrees to the decision but she agrees to it not in her heart but that opens up the vault so to speak that she's entitled to about $270,000 a severance as well as what she was getting paid for her job so right now taxpayers in oakland could be on the hook for that as they continue to search for another police chief, the 5th one in the last 3 years back to you. >>all right, thank you very much well. well the local police officers association has released a statement regarding kirkpatrick firing and you can see a portion of it here on your screen. it reads in part quote the oakland police officers association stands ready to work with whomever our next chief of police is despite the changes at the top of the department oak

. >> inside the ceremony, mayor libby schaaf addressed the changing of the top cops saying leaders come and go. >> the decision was extremely personally difficult for me, but i made it because i believe it was in the best interest of oakland. >> schaaf agreed with the police commission's unanimous vote thursday night to terminate kirkpatrick after three years of service. the reason, loss of confidence in kirkpatrick. they're headed in a different direction. >> we've moved on. i mean, we're looking for a new form of leadership and we wish chief anne kirkpatrick well. >> jackson added that she prefers an internal candidate, but a nationwide search is under way for the replacement here for police chief and in talking to some of the people inside the department depending on who you talk to a lot of them are saying they really liked kirkpatrick and they're sad to see her go. live in oakland, cristina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> oakland is one of the few major cities where a police commission has the authority to terminate the police chief. most cities it's the city council. but the oakland

her decision your actions have roved the leader of the officers trusted on february 20th both mayor libby aft and the commsion unanimously voted to terminate kirkpatrick wih no cars after 3 years on the job you all should be ashamed of yourselves. wl a handful of public comments wereagainst the vote others though support the decision thank you for chief. ann kirkpatrick we support commissioner harris, we asked her and this commsionto continue to ask the fficult questions and to do wh's necesry to improve eve form opd they're talking about commissioner jonelle harris, the former chief blames rt of the reason why she was fired was her refusal to favors r certain city leaders notably harris police comssion chair regina jackso had this to say about the claims anyone. what casts such a seris vote based upon fee. for a disagreement. quite frankly insulting. we spoke to sasinger, the spokesperson for kirkpatrick who says she is speaking with attorneys to determine her neck news local news in the national spotlit right now. >>and there is heavy media atteion as well as legal attention on the poli

president trump pardoned libby in 2018.ff foreshadowed his response to a possible pardon, tweeting to pardon stone when his crimes were committed to protect trump would be a breath taking act of corruption. >> roger stone and everybody those be treated fairly and a this has not been a fair process. okay? >> reporter: as the president notes, there is more to play out because his attorney wants a new trial. one of their arguments centers on the jury's forewoman who didn't disclose social media posts critical of the president before being picked, the president weighed in on that saying the whole case isn't looking good for the justice department with justice in quotation marks. back to you. lauren: wells fargo may be ready to cut a deal with the federal government over the sales scandal. the new york times says settlements could be announced today. no word on how much wells fargo could end up paying. the paper said the bank set aside more than $3 billion. wells fargo was rocked after it revealed it opened perhaps millions of u

last thursday without cause by an unanimous oakland police commission, and with the approval of mayor libby schaaf. kirkpatrick had this estimation. >> destabilizes the community safety when you do that. >> members of the police commission and the mayor, clearly do not have the temperature of the police department. >> reporter: kirkpatrick said her termination may have been retaliation for not agreeing to pay the towing fee for one of the commissioners, she all supported the officers involved in the shooting death of a homeless man and their firing. amend she had harsh words for robert warshaw, who oversees the department under a court order. >> i'm so sad to be leaving, and i didn't want to go. >> reporter: an enormous number of the rank and file didn't want her to go either. >> you can feel a sense of depression in our lineup room. >> she made the rank and feel officers feel as they they were important. >> reporter: the officers say kirkpatrick brought a sense of calm to a department that was in turmoil, following a sex scandal. >> just so encouraging, uplifting everyone, to see her leave

just yesterday in an effort to bring customers back business leaders and the mayor libby schaaf shopped in the area to show it is safe. some folks enjoying food at the famous shooting star cafe tell us unfounded fears aren't going to keep them away. >> i feel like they're just rumors. it is not te-- fair to suddenly stop going to the businesses. >> oakland has no confirmed cases of coronavirus. >>> now to a violent saturday morning in san francisco. two women attacked on the embarcadero within minutes of each other. the first attack happened at about 7:00 yesterday morning at san francisco's pier 19. that is close to the exploratorium. a man stabbed a woman and rode away on a bike. 15 minutes later another woman was attacked near pier 39 not far from fisherman's wharf and the same man is believed to have stabbed both women. they have detained suspect and both women are expected to be okay. >>> new details about violence at a pittsburg park. we told you about this yesterday morning. investigators say it appears the victim was already inside woodland hills park when a dpaem approached him

commission said the chief had slipped backwards in her efforts to reform the department and oakland mayor libby shaf supported the decision to fire her. >> i do not regret chief kirkpatrick and there are many examples of ways she serveded our city extremely well over these three years, but i must respect the authority and role of our independent police commission. >> there are a series of other issues that have just contributed to losing its confidence. we just didn't think she was going to be the most effective chief in oakland. >> mayor shaf appointed kirkpatrick as police chief early in 2017. >>> acting police chief allison issued a statement saying in part we will work hard to achieve and maintain stability, continuing to focus on the public safety. . >>> time is now 4:04. for the second straight day there will be no classes at oakland's mcclimand's high school. there will be more tests this weekend. >> the sign at mcclymonds high school said closed. a e that is known to cause cancer was found in the ground waerlt under the school. at a community meeting quickly organized, some parents and

transportation in the epicenter of the coronavirus shopping malls restaurants and cinemas that order libby's you during this period all closed.

. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf wants to launch a national search for the next chief, but the chair at the police commission say they'd like to hire someone from within the police department. live at the oakland police department, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >>> new details now on the coronavirus. we're learning more 2 new cases in california. 1 in sacramento county, and one in humboldt county. there are a handful of confirmed cases here in the bay area. a man from santa clara county has recovered and is out of isolation. stay with kpix 5 as we cover the latest developments on the coronavirus. >>> now to a developing story. classes at mcclymonds high school in oakland likely won't resume until the middle of next week while crews try to determine the source of ground water contaminated with chemicals. kpix 5's andria borba is here live with the latest. >> reporter: allen, the air quality here at mcclymonds high school inside the classrooms and around campus will be tested this weekend. it's unknown exactly when the students will get to come back to class here. classes were canceled today as