. >> sorting it all out melissa caen gets some legal insight. >> reporter: today president trump's personal lawyer told cbs' "face the nation" that the president is not under investigation by the justice department. >> the president is not and has not been under investigation. >> reporter: but when pressed by fox sunday host chris wallace, he admitted that he doesn't actually know whether the president is being investigated. >> i have been crystal clear that the president is not and has not been under investigation. i don't think i can be any clearer than that. >> you don't know -- >> i can't read their minds. >> reporter: on wednesday "the washington post" reported that the president is under investigation, and friday the president tweeted i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. >> you have to trace the money. >> reporter: uc hastings law professor rory little is a former federal prosecutor. he said the president could be investigated for things other than firing the fbi director. >> we know that hacking costs money.

in san francisco, melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> tonight president trump tweeted well, the special elections are over and those that want to make america great again are 5-0. all the fake news, all the money spent, equals zero. >>> dashcam video shows a police officer killing a passenger, is this excessive force? >> this bay area teenager accused in a hit and run. >> stolen from a san jose backyard. tonight the search for shooting in minnesota. just released dash cam video shows philando castile pulled over for a broken t >>> a deadly police shooting in minnesota. just released dashcam video shows philando castile pulled over for a broken tail light last year. seconds later he was shot and killed. christin ayers has more, what you are about to see is graphic. >> reporter: dashcam video revealed today shows it takes 40 seconds from the time the officer approaches philando castile's car to when he fires 7 shots. >> i have to tell you, i have a firearm on me. >> don't reach for it. don't pull it out. don't pull it out. >> reporter: video we are not showing you because of the graphic nature. phi

melissa caen mill saying they are playing a big role in congressional campaign and should get results any time now, melissa? >> reporter: yeah, allen, today and just now the poles closed in georgia congressional district 6. so far it is still too close to call. the nation is watching this bruising and expensive campaign. it estimated to cost more than $55 million. of course people in the bay area, though, some of them think this is more than just a race between a republican, karen handle, and democrat, john off. people in california donated $536,000 to john's campaign, almost as much as the money he raised in georgia, of the $536,000, people in the bay area gave more than half, $272,000, the bay area only gave handle $48,000. jason clark is the chairman of the san francisco republicans, he says the democrats do have a lot of energy. >> the problem is the debate of the district is conservative. >> reporter: even if john wins, democrats shouldn't get excited. >> last november hit us in the gut and we wanted to do something. >> reporter: david is policy director of the united democratic

as kpix5's melissa caen shows us, his lawyers are now responding. >> reporter: today president trump's personal lawyer told cbs' face the nation that the president is not under investigation by the justice department. >> the president is not and has not been under investigation. >> reporter: but when pressed by fox sunday host chris wallace, the lawyer admitted i doesn't actually know whether the -- he doesn't actually know whether the president is being investigated. >> i've been crystal clear the president is not and has not been under investigation. i don't think i can be any clearer than that. >> you don't know the president is under investigation, sir. >> i cannot read their minds. okay. we're in agreement. >> reporter: on wednesday the washington post reported the president is under investigation by special counsel bob mueller and the president said, "i am being investigated by the man who told me to fire the fbi director for firing the fbi director, witch hunt." this former federal prosecutor said the president could be investigated for things other than firing the fbi director.

in the newsroom, i'm melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> time now 4:41. new concerns about security at bay area airports after multiple screeners admit they took bribes to let contraband through. to let drugs slip through the x-ray screener. as kpix 5's jackie ward reports: this could be just the tip of the iceberg. >>> several bay area airport security screeners admit they took bribes to let drugs slip through the xray screener. as kpix 5's jackie ward reports this could be just the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: this is as close to talking to joseph scott as we could get today. the former security screener at sfo pleaded guilty to receiving a bribe as a public official. the man who bribed him, bobby napier, got 4 years last years. the u.s. attorney said napier agreed he agreed to smuggle cocaine through security at sfo by paying joseph scott. napier agreed he participated in the scheme for years and also smuggled marijuana. the big worry says kpix 5 security analyst and former fbi agent jeff harp, is that if a screener is willing to watch drugs go by,

melissamulis -- melissa mulis -- melissa caen with more. >> reporter: not all republicans are rushes to the defense of president trump. lindsey graham said said his actions with former fbi director james comey were inappropriate and made worse by his own tweets. >> you may be the first president in history to go down because you can't stop inappropriately stop talking about an investigation. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein wishes the president would be more presidential. >> every day it is new crisis and that has a destabilizing effect because we have got big issues to solve. >> reporter: first there are more hearings. attorney general jeff sessions, is slated to testify that senate intelligence committee on tuesday. dianne feinstein says the question of obstruction egis a legal issue more than an intelligence issue so he would prefer the hearing be at the judiciary committee. >> i believe the judiciary committee has the over sight responsibility for the justice department and it is fitting for the attorney general to appear there. >> reporter: california congressman says he is

melissa caen, with why california opted out of extending the cap and trade program. >> this is aboutexistential threat. if not stopped and slowed down will kill tens of millions of people. >> reporter: before departing for beijing, california governor brown. taking the politics out of government is easier said than done. on friday, the state assembly voted against extended the cap and trade program, which is set to extend in 2020. >> we have a political problem, and a little crisis that we're dealing with. many senators have said they're not going to vote for it. they can't vote for it, because of that cause. >> reporter: it would have regulated pollution, and carbon emissions until the year 2030. state senator, jerry hill says it means higher prices at the gas pump. >> we'll be paying for. could be 80 cents a gallon more for gas. there's a lot of resistence to that right now, especially after the increase we had for the transportation measure this year, that added about 12 cents per gallon. >> reporter: she says it is actually cheaper to act now. >> the cost of not doing something a

kpix 5's melissa caen reports on her emotional appeal to end the massive backlog of untested rape kits. melissa. >> reporter: veronica, today in washington, dc the actress testified in front of the special bipartisan task force on treating sexual assault. she and others asked for federal help to make sure rape kits get tested and you may be surprised that california is not leading the way on this issue. >> these are not kits sitting on a shelf. these are people's lives sitting on a shelf. >> reporter: this actress is an advocate for victims of sexual assault and today she told members of congress that we don't even have basic data about rape kits. >> to start with auditing to simply audit and know exactly how many kits we have. if we can track our children's christmas presents, why can't we track a rape kit? it's a disgrace. >> reporter: in california there's no requirement that rape kits be tested or tracked. alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley. >> how many untested rape kits are there in california? >> well, we don't know. >> reporter: many people in california may not kn

melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> new water worries in the east bay. a sharp spike in cancer-causing compounds coming out of the tap. how that you will conserving in the drought may be to blame. >> a bay area beach blocked by a billionaire. the battle heats up to open a beautiful stretch of coast to the public. >> and the country's top prosecutor in the hot seat. attorney general jeff sessions comes out swinging, the testy exchanges from his senate hearing. >> we'll all have a hot seat by this weekend. the numbers approach 100 degrees inland. so hail to heat. it's all happening in the space of a week. we'll have the forecast after the break. a report finding a spike in a compound that er. >>> a new concern about drinking water in the east bay. a report finding a spike in a come bound that could cause cancer. kpix 5's john ramos on why the drought could be to blame. >> reporter: at their meeting today east bay m.u.d. board members were told about rising levels of a contaminant in the drinking water the agency supplies. >> there's no current present dang

kpix 5 political reporter melissa caen tells us a lot of people in the bay area put money into this race. >> reporter: yeah, the polls closed about 4:00 p.m. our time and georgia's congressional district 6. too close to call with the republican, karen handle up by 400 votes over democrat john ossoff. but here at the united democratic club in san francisco, folks have gathered to watch those returns because while the election might be in georgia, the bay area played a big role. >> my opponent has more donors and more dollars coming from outside of the state of georgia, they are coming from nancy pulosea, california. >> a connection between the bay area and georgia district 6 and the candidates know it. a debate, handle repeatedly mentioned san francisco and its representative. >> your campaign is being propelled by the most liberal of elements from pelosi. your values are 3,000 miles away. >> then the ads opposing as ossoff san francisco favorite. >> make us proud. send ossoff. >> people donated almost as much as $580,000 osufraised from people in georgia. of that $536,000, people in the

kpix 5's melissa caen is at the capital where the governor is getting ready to go to china to tell the world that california doesn't care anything about washington. >> reporter: yeah, allen. here at the capital, we have democrats and some republicans who say that pulling out of the paris accord is a job killer and they want to see california continue to lead on this issue and remain the center of green technology. >> whatever happens there, um, in washington, california will continue leading and not by itself. we are not alone. we are joined with almost the entire world. >> reporter: today governor brown said california will be undeterred by president trump's decision to leave the paris climate accord. the state has buffalos reasons to stick with green energy. -- has billions of reasons to stick with green energy. >> there's more venture capital in our state than in all of china and europe combined. i mean, this place is a powerhouse! >> reporter: and the governor says all that technology supports more than 300,000 jobs with the promise of more. >> china is not stopping. china is going

kpix 5 political reporter melissa caen here with a look at the impact of renewable energy. >> reporteryeah. now, allen, it seems like a sort of never ending debate, do high environmental standards kill jobs? well, yesterday president trump said yes. but governor jerry brown said no. and for brown, exhibit a is california where many people seem willing to pay a little more for environmental cars, appliances and solar packages. >> lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories. and vastly diminished economic production. >> reporter: dire predictions from president trump as he announced that the u.s. would withdraw from the paris climate accord on the other side of the country california governor brown painting a different picture of a green economy. >> there are 331,000 jobs directly attributed to clean tech. >> reporter: including 16 people employed at sky tech, a small solar installation firm in san francisco. >> hopefully, in a year's time i'm hope we can double in size again open an office maybe in the east bay. >> reporter: the ceo says these aren't just any jobs. the pay is $15 to $40

kpix 5's melissa caen shows us the lengths the democrats in sacramento are going to try to help that senator hold on to his job. >> i have literally hundreds of people in my district who have come to us and said, hey, i became aware that i could -- the petition i thought i was signing to repeal the gas tax is actually not that. it's to repeal you, senator newman. >> reporter: state senator josh newman from orange county voted for the new gas tax and now voters might throw him out of office to force a recall election in his districts, more than 60,000 signatures are required. newman says people gathering signatures are lying. >> and they have asked about how do they get their name removed and it is not clear under the current legislation. >> reporter: it's already a misdemeanor to lie to people when gathering signatures. but he says that law is not enforced. today the senate passed a new bill that allows people who sign recall petitions to take back their signatures. and it's retroactive. all of this strikes assemblywoman catherine baker as very convenient. >> it says we want to prote

i am phil matier. >> i am melissa caen. breaking news. one lane on the bay bridge shut down. i-80 is -- on the east side is shut down right now. there were shots fired at chp officers. traffic is being directed back to the treasure island exit. >> we will keep you posted on that. >>> three days from the official start of summer and the bay area is definitely feeling the heat. kids splashed in pools to cool off in the east bay where temperatures were in the triple digits yesterday. some communities were offering free admission to pools this weekend. while some got relief from the heat, oakland's firefighters had to battle a blaze on the shoulder of highway 13 near the mountain boulevard on-ramp. multiple debris. lots of cigarettes along the roadways. very difficult. but things have gotten hot. we are starting to dry out. we are into vegetation season again. >> and with heat also comes warnings. officials are urging people to stay hydrated and not to leave children or pets in cars. >>> the latest on the weather. >> good morni

kpix 5 political reporter melissa caen ask the mayor about what could be a precedent. >> reporter: a pay pedro figueroa nearly $200,000 still has to be voted on by the san francisco board of supervisors. but it has already sparked a fierce debate. >> how much is your rights worth? >> reporter: illegal immigrants have some constitutional rights including the right to due process and the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. pedro figueroa claims the san francisco police violated those rights in december 2015 when they handcuffed him to a bench even though he hadn't committed a crime. >> the guy was just trying to report something. this is what we want everybody to do report what's going on in their lives, help us get to a higher level of safety for everybody. >> reporter: the mayor says figueroa had only gone to the police station to recover his stolen car. according to figueroa's lawsuit, the police discovered he had an immigration warrant which is a civil offense not a crime. then they held him until immigration agents arrived and removed him. [ through translator ]

kpix 5's melissa caen is at the capital where the governor is getting

kpix 5's melissa caen asked them to explain why. >> reporter: there are thousands of untested rape kitswe don't know the exact number or where they are or why they're not being tested. a proposed law ab41 would require local jurisdictions to report that data. a california sheriffs association is against ab41. marin county sheriff bob doyle recommended that the association fight this law. >> at the end of the day 41 doesn't do anything to help us investigate, bring people to justice or prosecution. it's a reporting system. >> reporter: for sheriff doyle it's not a matter of time or money to create the report. if it is easy and, you know, some of your constituents would certainly like to understand this information, what is the problem? >> as i explained to you before, we're not in the habit of just supporting bills that -- that really aren't necessary. >> reporter: supporters of ab41 say the data will allow the state to know the extent of untested kits so can provide more resources where needed. it would also allow sex assault victims to track the progress of their kit. but sheriff doyle

kpix 5's melissa caen on the push to change that, and the surprising opposition. >> reporter: there aretested rape kits in california, but how many and where and why, no one knows. but today in a senate public safety committee hearing, a proposal to change all of that got one step closer to becoming law. >> they were saying that it was consensual, but it was not. and, um, they were going kind of laughing about it. >> reporter: 2012, maria was volunteering at a dance competition, one minute with her friends, the next she woke up in a hotel room with strangers, the rapist was gone. one stranger helped her to her friends, an ambulance took her to the hospital for a rape kit exam. >> i think i broke down there when it happened and they started taking pictures and that was when it hit me. >> reporter: a detective told her it would take one year to test the kit, then two years, and then no one would return her calls. >> i don't know. >> reporter: maria is not alone. >> there are thousands of women who don't have answers on what happened to their rape kit, and this is unvaebl. this is absolute

melissa caen explains the trade bark battle. >> reporter: the question is, can you trade mark an offensive word? racial slur? or haurtful term? today the-- hurtful term? today the u.s. supreme court said yez, because the government should not be in business deciding what is offensive, it started with simon and his band, made up of asian musicians that call themselves "the slants." ♪ >> out dated, obscure racial slur that we want to flip on its head and turn it into something powerful. >> reporter: when some other bans started using the same name, they decided to trademark the slants but the federal government rejectd the application because the law refused trademarks for things which made disparage persons. >> to the trade mark office we areraceest. >> reporter: tam sued and today the u.s. supreme court agreed with him. >> today the court said that clause, this part of the law that says you can't-- you can deny a trade mark if disparaging, it is unconstitutional and violateathize first amendment. >> reporter: david greene is civil liberty director of the electronic foundation. >> the way w

i'm melissa caen. we are monitoring fall out from washington... after fo >>> welcome back to kpix5 this morning. it is 7:59 a.m. . >> we continue to monitor the fallout from washington after former fbi director james comey's testimony. it was his first public statement since he was fired a month ago. he told the senate intelligence committee that he believes he was fired because of the trump campaign ties to russia. he said he was stunned when mr. trump asked him to let go of the investigation into michael flynn. and comey admits he did leak information about the meeting in an effort to get a special prosecutor appointed. >> i have seen the tweet about the tapes. i remember saying, i agree he is a good guy, as a way of saying, i am not agreeing with what he asked me to do. >> president trump's personal attorney said the president never asked comey to stop the investigation. >> the president never suggested that mr. comey said "let flynn go." >> he feels vindicated and looks forward to moving forward with his agenda with the business of this countr

. >> kpix 5's political reporter melissa caen with this part of the story. >> reporter: hey, guys. so, you know, california's politicians today put up a united front on this joint conference call with kamala harris, dianne feinstein and governor brown. now, all three were clear that they detest the senate healthcare bill. they were very clear. [ laughter ] >> and they painted a very grim future for california if it passes. now, according to feinstein, next year premiums would increase an average of $619. 3 to 4 million would lose insurance down the road and would have to find $24 billion to make up for lost federal funds. feinstein said it was the most indefensible bills she ever saw. >> can you believe what this does? for wealthy people who can afford whatever they want with respect to healthcare? and all these children five million of them that depend on medi-cal or there is no healthcare? my voice level goes up two octaves when i talk about it. >> senator harris said that the president can't just dismiss that congressional budget office report that says 22 million people will lo

melissa caen is on side now. villaraigosa is using an interesting strategy to get his name up here in northern california. >> that's right. he is. >> reporter: you know, he has to be excited about this new poll. it shows that support for newsom fell from 28% in march to 22% in may. and support for villaraigosa went up from 9% in march to 17% in may. villaraigosa was in our studios this week where we got a look at his approach to newsom. >> there are some who never been in the trenches. that never been in the fight for social and economic justice! i call them davos democrats. >> davos switzerland is where the world economic forum is held each year. there you can find people like bono and bill gates. villaraigosa uses davos democrats as shorthand for rich liberals including one in particular. >> when one of you us is going to -- >> reporter: he is talking about the lieutenant governor. newsom is the front-runner in the race to be california's next governor and villaraigosa has been talking a lot about him, although

melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> as for san francisco's sanctuary city status, our poll found 70% of san franciscans think that san francisco should remain a sanctuary city. about 24% say it should not. >>> in washington, san francisco's policy was once again used to justify taking a harder line on illegal immigrants. the house of representatives today passed kate's law. it would increase maximum penalties for people who reenter the u.s. illegally after being deported. it's named for kate steinle, who was fatally shot two years ago on san francisco's pier 14. her accused killer an illegal i am granted with seven felony convictions and five previous deportations. also moving forward, the no sanctuary for criminals act. it allows the government to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities that don't cooperate with i.c.e. officials. president trump now calling for swift action in the senate. >> these bills are vital to public safety and national security. i will give you the fastest approval, the fastest signature that you have ever seen. >> it will take a lot to get them to the president's desk. kate's