mueller. so there's all these footnotes with jody hunt's name and can we dig in on the mueller investigation a little bit like because it it was something that the need to a special counsel a special prosecutor was a something that the department felt like had to do for some of these reasons that you were talking, this became like did become sort of like i remember sort of like the news cycle around this became so of all it was daily on the front page of different what is what is the latest turn of the wheel of this when are we going to hear something? who are they talking to these kinds of things? i'm just wondering, looking, which is a wonderful part of hindsight, is whether there were things that the justice at the time i don't know frankly regrets about how. they put that together whether are pieces of it that, you know, the political system like took and ran with that made that their jobs a lot harder to actually do what they needed to do and if they had known it had been like that they m

if convicted of these new charges, mueller faces life in prison. denise huskins tells me that she and aaron quinn are aware of the charges, and they're working with law enforcement regarding additional cases as well. she told me she couldn't say more about that due to the ongoing investigations. >> interesting. so we'll wait to see what his plea is for next steps. exactly. all right. thanks, mel. >> all right. go through the timeline for you here a little bit. the saga began on march 23rd, 2015, when mueller broke into the home of huskins boyfriend, tied him up and kidnaped huskins. huskins turned up alive two days later near her parents huntington beach home, as you've heard. on march 27th, authorities labeled the case a hoax, claiming they found no proof of a kidnaping. in june of 2015, the alameda county sheriff's office arrested mueller as a suspect in a home invasion robbery near dublin. investigators soon found similarities between the robbery and the huskins kidnaping. mueller pleaded guilty to kidnaping charges in september of 2016. he was

mueller's m.o. in these two cases mirrored what happened in the vallejo case. >> both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up, bound them, made them drink things to make them intoxicated, and did this for the purpose of raping them. >> the south bay cases happened six years before mueller drugged and kidnaped denise huskins in vallejo, raped her in south lake tahoe and terrorized her now husband. vallejo police had branded the couple liars, saying they made up the attack. mueller, serving 40 years in federal prison and 31 years concurrently in state prison in the vallejo case. authorities said advances in dna technology led a criminalist to match skin cells from a velcro strap used to bind the palo alto victim to mueller. the da also credited the work of seaside police chief nick borges, seen here with huskins and quinn in march at a training session for police across the state. the couple urged law enforcement not to fall victim to tunnel vision in solving a case. it w

and mueller. according to the da made admissions and offered details that only he knew with respect to both mountain view and the palo alto cases. >> it makes you wonder what other cases potentially could be connected to all this. it just doesn't seem to end. henry lee, thank you for that report. well, cases of the stomach flu are surging across the u.s. >> and up next this afternoon on the four, we'll talk live with the bay area infectious disease expert about what's behind the growing number of norovirus outbreaks and the steps you can take to avoid getting sick. >> plus, at 430, a major endorsement from mike johnson to keep his role as house speaker. president elect donald trump tries to keep his party united and over the bay area. >> this afternoon, mostly blue skies and relatively cool weather out there for the day. looking at another frost and freeze. come tomorrow morning, i'll have a look at what you can pect or - i had health insurance before. (discouraged) so expensive. i mean, i'm helpi

matthew mueller. he was convicted in that 2015 so-called gone girl kidnaping that happened in vallejo. well, now it turns out he's accused of two other home invasions and assaults in the south bay that occurred before the gone girl case in san jose courtroom today. mueller stood behind his attorney for most of his arraignment. now, mueller is already serving 40 years for the kidnaping of denise huskins. remember that part? vallejo police initially accused huskins of making up that story until mueller was arrested three months later. well, now, the santa clara county da says that thanks to modern dna testing on prior evidence, they've connected mueller to two break ins in 2009, one of them in mountain view, the other in palo alto. and in each instance, prosecutors say mueller attacked a woman in her 30s, tied her up and forced her to drink nyquil and other medications. we're very fortunate that this is a case that was continued to be worked on by many individuals and many different law enforcement agen

mueller's m.o.these two cases mirrored what happened in the vallejo case. >> both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up, bound them, made them drink things to make them intoxicated, and did this for the purpose of raping them. >> the south bay cases happened six years before mueller drugged and kidnaped denise huskins in vallejo, raped her in south lake tahoe and terrorized her now husband. vallejo police had branded the couple liars, saying they made up the attack. mueller, serving 40 years in federal prison and 31 years concurrently in state prison in the vallejo case. authorities said advances in dna technology led a criminalist to match skin cells from a velcro strap used to bind the palo alto victim to mueller. the da also credited the work of seaside police chief nick borges, seen here with huskins and quinn in march at a training session for police across the state. the couple urged law enforcement not to fall victim to tunnel vision in solving a case. it was c

mueller.cussing his role as director. we are reporting on this in the context of chris wray quitting early. i'm joined by the author of the fbi war and watergate history. he has written about these issues extensively in a new york times piece on what kash patel could do to the fbi, including grave, lasting harm to the institution. andrew weissmann is also back with us. as a historian among other things, where do you see today's news fitting into the norms? how rare is it to have a director like this not only quit early, but quit after the incoming administration as the same president who hired him? >> yeah, i think it is completely unprecedented in the history of the fbi, over 110 years, but more than that, it is i think a direct attack on 50 years of guardrails, safeguards, and policies that have been put in place to avoid the fbi being weaponized as it was under j. edgar hoover to persecute political enemies and eight political friends. and many presidents in the 50 years since hoover have b

matthew mueller currently is serving 40 years to life in federal prison for that crime. now he's been charged with 2 other attacks that occurred before on hoskins kron four's. dan kerman reports. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. found them made them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of breaking down. the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recentl

borges began writing to mueller in prison, and authorities say mueller made admissions about his involvement in the mountain view and palo alto cases. you can find extended coverage of the mueller case anytime right there on our website at ktvu.com. a series of services are planned to honor and to remember former president jimmy carter, who died yesterday at the age of 100. former president will lie in repose at the carter presidential center in atlanta starting saturday. he will be flown back to washington, dc for the final time three days later. the funeral procession will pause at the navy memorial before heading to the capitol, where there will be a service with members of congress. carter's body will then lie in state in the rotunda until his state funeral at washington national cathedral on january 9th. >> it was really kind of a good thing for him to live so long in hospice so that he could hear the vote of thanks that he had from so many people before he passed away. >> president carter will be buried next to his wife, rosalynn, at their home in plains, georgia. the property, which h

mueller has been serving 40 years in federal prison in arizona. he's now being held without bail in the south bay and will be back in court on january 17th.ur full story is coming up at 6:00. all right. we'll see you at six. thanks for that preview. appreciate it. ian. oakland police are investigating a high speed crash that sent four people to the hospital, including three bart police officers. two bart police cars collided just outside the west oakland station, and then they hit a medical supply van. this all happened on saturday. bart says the units were responding to a life threatening overdose call at that station. we are told all three bart officers are in the hospital with serious injuries, but they are expected to survive. the driver of that medical supply van was also hurt. meanwhile, oakland is wrapping up s safest year since the start of the pandemic. that's according to city leaders. they're crediting their violence prevention ceasefire program for the dramatic reduction in crime. with just one day left until the new year, oakland is s

matthew mueller is currently serving 40 years to life in federal prison for that crime. and now he's been charged with 2 other attacks that police say occurred before the attack skits on four's. dan kerman reports. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. found them made them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of breaking down. the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2

mueller. we are saying quoted him saying the attention of the american people should be on foreign interference. i agree completely except i guess the murky people did not include the judiciary committee because we didn't take it up. we didn't have hearings. we didn't do anything to delve deeply into this issue. we passed election bills but did not gain into the end of part of what mr. mueller talk about take his report and have hearings that we didn't do it. i guess the american people doesn't include the house judiciary committee. interesting, we heard an interesting discussion we reg a lot of interesting discussion today about the constitution and other things but we talk about the founders. the chairman talked a lot about the founders from the quote and again this is why we have hearing about the founders been concerned about foreign influence but what he also didn't quote was the founders being really, really concerned about political impeachment. you don't like the guy. you haven't liked

nbc bay area's ian cull was in the courtroom as mueller faced a judge.ew mueller stood in the doorway and behind his attorney for most of his arraignment in san jose today. cuffed and holding papers, only peering out to show his face once he's already serving time for the 2015 kidnaping of denise huskins in vallejo. that received extensive international media attention and was profiled in the netflix series american nightmare. police had accused huskins of making up the story until mueller was arrested three months later and eventually convicted of kidnaping and assaulting her. now, the santa clara county da says they've connected mueller to two crimes in the south bay from 2009, thanks to modern dna testing on evidence. we're very fortunate that this is a case that was continued to be worked on by many individuals and many different law enforcement agencies. mueller allegedly broke into two homes, one in mountain view and the other in palo alto. each time he allegedly attacked, a woman in her 30s, tied her up and forced her to drink nyquil or other medi

matthew mueller is currently serving 40 years to life in federal prison for that crime. and now he's been charged with 2 other attacks which occurred before that attack on huskins kron four's. dan kerman reports. >> 47 year-old matthew mueller who is serving 40 years in federal prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman back in 2015 was in a san jose courtroom monday. this time charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary with the intent to commit rape. the new charges stem from hote invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto in 2009. and both of these cases. >> the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. i found them make them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the raking them. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen says the attacks were linked to mueller. >> due to advances in dna technology. >> strap from the powell case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010 but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we've been able to find the defendants dna on that strap,

mueller's m.o. in these two cases mirrored what happened in the vallejo case. >> both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up, bound them, made them drink things to make them intoxicated, and did this for the purpose of raping them. >> the south bay cases happened six years before mueller drugged and kidnaped denise huskins in vallejo, raped her in south lake tahoe and terrorized her now husband. vallejo police had branded the couple liars, saying they made up the attack. mueller, serving 40 years in federal prison and 31 years concurrently in state prison. in the vallejo case, authorities said advances in dna technology led a criminalist to match skin cells from a velcro strap used to bind the palo alto victim to mueller. the da also credited the work of seaside police chief nick borges, seen here with huskins and quinn in march at a training session for police across the state. the couple urged law enforcement not to fall victim to tunnel vision in solving a case. it

well, now mueller is facing new charges related to two assaults that date back 15 years.d of assaulting two women back in 2009 during home invasions in mountain view and another in palo alto. >> all right. our time is 713 california trying again to reduce the state's insurance crisis in the new year. state insurance commissioner ricardo lara worked out an agreement with the major insurance companies operating in california. it would let them charge higher premiums to homeowners to help protect the insurance industry from very expensive wildfire claims. the same agreement requires those insurance companies to write more policies in the parts of california prone to disastrous wildfires. the goal is to keep those companies from leaving california by letting them raise their prices. >> it is almost a quarter after seven now. pga bills went up several times this year, but customers should stabilize in 2025. the bay area news group reports that for electricity and natural gas, typical residents residential customers will pay about $295 per month. that's $1 more than typical cus

matthew mueller's currently serving 40 years to life in federal prison for that crime. and now he's being charged with 2 other attacks that occurred before the attack on haskins. well dan kerman has that story. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. found them made them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of rape in the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and s

matthew mueller is currently serving 40 years to life in federal prison for that crime that garnered quite a lot of attention. >> and now has been charged with 2 other attacks that occurred before the attacks on huskins kron four's dan kerman reports. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. i found them made them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of rape in the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significa

he's matthew mueller.w serving 40 years in federal prison for the 2015 kidnaping of denise huskins in what came to be known as the gone girl case. but now matthew mueller is facing new charges there related to two assaults dating back 15 years. he's accused of sexually assaulting two women in 2009, during home invasions in mountain view and in palo alto. >> at 14 minutes after 6 a.m. california is making another attempt to ease the state's insurance crisis in the new year. insurance commissioner ricardo lara says he's working out an agreement with the major insurance companies that do business in california. it would allow them to charge homeowners higher premiums with the purpose of helping protect the insurance industry from costly wildfire claims. the same agreement requires those insurers to write more policies in the areas of california that are prone to disastrous wildfires. the goal is to keep companies from leaving california by letting them raise prices. >> our time now 614. pga bills went up seve

mueller was arrested three months later.e santa clara county da says thanks to modern dna testing on prior evidence, they've connected mueller to two break ins in 2009 when in mountain view and another in palo alto. and each time prosecutors say mueller attacked a woman, tied her up, forced her to drink nyquil or other medications. we're very fortunate that this is a case that was continued to be worked on by many individuals and many different law enforcement agencies. and investigators say they were able to find dna to test on a strap used to tie up one of the victims. chaos upended san jose's christmas in the park last night. a driver trying to escape police plowed through the holiday event, sending visitors running for safety. we want to show you some video from witness that captured those really scary moments. the driver speeding past the giant christmas tree. this is inside the holiday park. luckily, no one was hurt, but the people there and the vendors say it was a little frightening. came back, found out he couldn't

matthew mueller is currently serving 40 years to life in federal prison for that crime. but now he's also being charged with 2 other attacks that occurred before the attack on huskins. >> kron four's dan kerman reports. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. i found them make them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of rape in the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010 but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 20

matthew mueller is currently serving 40 years to life in federal prison for the kidnapping of denise huskins. he was back in court today for other attacks that prosecutors say occurred before the kidnapping of huskins kron four's dan kerman reports. >> 47 year-old matthew mueller who is serving 40 years in federal prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman back in 2015 was in a san jose courtroom monday. this time charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary with the intent to commit rape. the new charges stem from home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto in 2009. and both of these cases. >> the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. found them make them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of raking them. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen says the attacks were linked to mueller. >> due to advances in dna technology. >> strap from the powell case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010 but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we've been able to find t

matthew mueller is currently serving 40 years to life in prison for that crime. and now he's been charged with 2 other attacks that occurred before the attack on hoskins kron four's. dan kerman reports. >> we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime. >> that's committed in this county. santa clara county's district attorney says that's why he's brought charges against convicted kidnapper matthew mueller for a home invasion attacks that occurred in mountain view and palo alto back in 2009. >> in both of these cases, the defendant broke into a woman's home, tied them up. i found them made them drink things to make them intoxicated and did this for the purpose of rape in the 47 year-old mueller is now charged with 2 counts of first-degree burglary. >> with the intent to commit rape and faces 2 life sentences. if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and

the district attorney's office used forensic dna testing to charge 47 year old matthew mueller in two home invasions, dating back to 2009. the da's office says on september 29th of 2009, mueller broke into a woman's mountain view home, attacked her, tied her up, made her drink a concoction of medications, and said he was going to rape her. after the victim persuaded him against it, he took off. and then on october 18th, the report says, mueller broke into a palo alto home, bound and gagged. a woman made her drink nyquil. he then allegedly began to assault her before being persuaded to stop. both cases were investigated and went unsolved. well, six years later, mueller gained national attention for his arrest and conviction, and the so-called gone girl kidnaping in vallejo. he's currently serving a 40 year sentence in an arizona prison for the rape and false imprisonment of denise huskins, and what police initially thought was a hoax. he was extradited to santa clara county on saturday. he is set to be arraigned at 130 this afternoon. our other top story this afternoon, we're looking b

if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010, but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we-ve been able to find the defendants dna on that strap, which is not something that we were able to find. in 2010. >> mueller is currently serving 40 years in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting denise huskins. back in 2015 at first vallejo, police called her story a hoax only to change their tune and arrest mueller risen, acknowledge the investigations into the palo alto and mountain view cases were also not handled properly. >> there were. >> mistakes made in this investigation and what we're proud to say now is that we're able to bring this perpetrator to justice and that this nightmare is over. huskins has since started working with police in seaside and how to deal with assault cases. >> roseann credits her with having a conversation with the seaside police chief. the set the ball in motion

if convicted the da says mueller was linked to the attacks due to advances in dna technology. >> the strap from the palo alto case. it's a velcro strap. we analyzed in 2010 but dna technology has gotten significantly better since 2010. and so recently we've been able to find the defendants dna on that strap, which is not something that we were able to find. in 2010. >> mueller is currently serving 40 years in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting denise huskins. back in 2015 at first vallejo, police called her story a hoax only to change their tune and arrest mueller risen, acknowledge the investigations into the palo alto and mountain view cases were also not handled properly. >> there were. >> mistakes made in this investigation and what we're proud to say now is that we're able to bring this perpetrator to justice and that this nightmare is over. huskins since started working with police in seaside and how to deal with assault cases. >> roseann credits her with having a conversation with the seaside police chief. the set the ball in motion for

now, matthew mueller is facing charges in connection with a series of home invasions and sexual assaults back in 2009. mueller is the subject of american nightmare, a netflix documentary series that chronicles his 2015 kidnaping of denise huskins from vallejo. and now he's facing two felony counts of sexual assaults allegedly committed during home invasions 15 years ago. years before huskins kidnaping following a new lead, the santa clara county da's office coordinated with the palo alto and mountain view police departments to send all evidence back in those home invasions to the lab for further testing. and they found mueller's dna on straps used to bind one of the victims. >> we're not perfect in law enforcement, and i think it's fair to say that there were mistakes made in this investigation. and what we're proud to say now is that we're able to bring this perpetrator to justice and that this nightmare is over. >> mueller was arraigned today in san jose. if convicted, he faces life in prison. he's already serving a 40 year sentence for huskins kidnaping. today, the nation mourns the p

supervisor ray mueller says this meeting was an opportunity to hear from the community and talk aboutt went well and what could have been done better during the tsunami warning now. mueller led the discussion along with other stakeholders, including emergency management and first responders. now, the emergency management team first talked about why there was a tsunami warning, explaining that there had been a 7.0 earthquake. they then also explained why the sirens didn't go off that day. they say it was a collective decision made by multiple counties and agencies to not sound the sirens, because the impact would not be significant enough in this area, and they wanted to avoid panic. people also talked about not knowing what low lying areas were during the evacuation. emergency management and mueller acknowledged that there was a lot of confusion and panic for people, and that's what they want to avoid when there's another warning. >> many people didn't know where the low lying areas were that they were supposed to leave, and what they saw around them were individuals leaving, which le

mueller was accused three arrested three months later. now, the santa clara da says thanks to modern dna on prior evidence, they've connected mueller to two break ins in 2009 one in mountain view, another in palo alto. each time prosecutors say mueller attacked a woman, tied her up and forced her to drink nyquil or other medications. we're very fortunate that this is a case that was continued to be worked on by many individuals and many different law enforcement agencies. investigators say they were able to find dna to test on the strap used to tie one of the victims. mueller will be back in court on january 17th for a plea hearing. happening now a disaster fund is now available for businesses shut down because of the santa cruz wharf closure. last monday, a 150 foot section crashed into the ocean. the wharf and the 17 businesses lining it have been closed since then. the santa cruz county disaster fund will give out grants to local organizations helping wharf employees. business owners say they need the help because the holidays are typi

mueller pleaded guilty to kidnaping charges in september of 2016.s sentenced to 40 years in prison in march of 2017. >> a new development in the menendez brothers bid for freedom. their attorney is now attempting to change the prosecutor's handling of the brothers resentencing case. he's filing a petition to have the california attorney general's office take over from the office of the newly elected los angeles district attorney. the defense lawyer claims there is a conflict of interest with diaz, with the da's office, with a da's office employee who he says formerly represented a family member who wants to keep the menendez brothers in prison. >> it's kitty's older sister. it's. it's jose's older sister. those are the people that i'm really looking out for to have a voice in this process. >> the menendez brothers have been incarcerated since 1996 after being convicted of murdering their parents. >> federal authorities are issuing a warning to multiple professional sports leagues after several high profile players have been broken into their homes d

and bob mueller says, president, we'll have to get back to you on that one. it sounds weird and out of touch, but that's where the mindset was i then the meeting ended and i went stood at my favorite spot in the oval office. i was always looking for a corner to hide in in the oval office. but there are no corner. so i would stand beside the grand clock as everybody was leaving the room and there and bob mueller and the briefer walked by me and bob mueller turned the briefer and said, when we get back to the we're changing the mission of the bureau. it's now to prevent the next attack. and that not sound like a big deal, but you know how much effort it takes to change mission of a government agency. they really did change their mission and it made a difference for the president. also he said to me after everyone had walked out of the room, i want you to convene the war tomorrow at camp david. and i'm thinking to myself, there's no such thing as the war council, but i know what you mean and i said. how about 10:00 saturday, camp david, national security council

santa clara county da investigators say they found mueller's dna on straps he allegedly used to bind one of his victims. >> what we have been able to do is to eventually solve these two serious crimes, even though 15 years lapsed. were these two investigations handled perfectly? no. >> mueller is already in prison for breaking into the vallejo home of aaron quinn and denise huskins. that was in 2015. he drugged and tied them up before kidnaping and sexually assaulting huskins. she turned up two days later, vallejo police falsely accused the couple of making it all up. coming up next, remembering former president jimmy carter. the funeral plans and the memories of long lasting relationships and friendships. plus what may have happened inside the cockpit before south korea's worst plane crash in z's bakery is looking to add a pizza oven, arissa's hair salon wants to expand their space, and steve's t-shirt shop wants to bring on more help. with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee, they can think more about possibilities for their business and not the cost of their internet.

mueller will continue serving 40 years in federal prison in arizona. the two new charges of committing a home invasion with the intention of rape each carry a life sentence. ian cull nbc, bay area news. all right. in richmond, they are bracing for a night of fireworks as new year's eve is tomorrow night. people there say illegal fireworks are no longer reserved just for the 4th of july. they happen year round. as nbc bay area's jodi hernandez reports, a lot of people are fed up with it. this is the sound folks in richmond have now come to expect on new year's eve. we're talking. it sounds like heavy explosives going off. bombs, i mean it. car alarms are going off from the concussions of whatever is going off. residents say what used to be a 4th of july tradition has now become part of every holiday. many were stunned to hear fireworks on christmas. christmas eve was shocking to me, honestly, because i think of it as not being a fireworks holiday. terry hinchey says her dog, revel will definitely not be reveling on new year's eve. like many dogs, revel

bush chose robert mueller, republican, robert mueller, to serve full 10 year term. and then president obama asked republican, robert mueller, to extend his service in the fbi beyond the 10 years which required an act of congress to allow robert mueller to serve beyond the 10 year limit. robert mueller served 12 years as fbi director and then president obama chose to replace him with republican, james comey, to serve as fbi director. james comey served three years, 247 days before donald trump fired him and replaced him with republican, christopher wray. president biden never considered tampering with chris wray's 10 year term as fbi director, which was scheduled to end in august of 2027. during this transition period, donald trump decided to do something no president has ever considered doing, which was select someone as the next fbi director and send that person around to senate offices to meet with senators to discuss being confirmed for a job that was not vacant or available. the president has the legal right to fire an fbi director for cause. the cause has to be

mueller. we are saying quoted him saying the attention of the american people should be on foreign interference. i agree completely except i guess the murky people did not include the judiciary committee because we didn't take it up. we didn't have hearings. we didn't do anything to delve deeply into this issue. we passed election bills but did not gain into the end of part of what mr. mueller talk about take his report and have hearings that we didn't do it. i guess the american people doesn't include the house judiciary committee. interesting, we heard an interesting discussion we reg a lot of interesting discussion today about the constitution and other things but we talk about the founders. the chairman talked a lot about the founders from the quote and again this is why we have hearing about the founders been concerned about foreign influence but what he also didn't quote was the founders being really, really concerned about political impeachment. you don't like the guy. you haven't liked

, assault. >> from 15 years ago, mueller's being arraigned this afternoon. and after being transferred to a santa clara county jail from a federal prison in arizona. now, santa clara county district attorney's office says there's new evidence that tied mueller to to more crimes. one was in september of 2009 when he allegedly broke into a mountain view woman's home tied up this woman and then made her drink this concoction of medications before the woman talked him out of her a month later, mueller allegedly broke into a pole at a home bound and gagged woman made her drink nyquil and then started to assault her before being persuaded to stop the 47 year-old is already serving a 40 year prison sentence after pleading guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting denise huskins in 2015. so he now faces these 2 other felony counts of committing a assault during a home invasion. if convicted, he could face a life sentence in prison. in the east bay city. leaders in oakland are marking the success of a strategy meant to lower violent crime. the ceasefire program is

matthew mueller did not enter a plea during an arraignment this afternoon. and now mueller's being ordered to remain in custody with no bail until his next court date next month. the santa clara county district attorney's office says that there's new evidence that is tied mueller to to more crimes. the first one in september of 2009 when he allegedly broke into a mountain view woman's home tied this woman up and then made her drink. this concoction of medications before the woman then allegedly talked him out of her. then a month later, mueller allegedly broke into a pole vaulter home bound and gagged. a woman made her drink night. coleman started to assault her before he was persuaded to stop then before he was transferred to the bay area. the 47 year-old was in a federal prison in arizona serving a 40 year prison sentence after pleading guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting denise huskins in 2015. so he now faces these 2 new felony counts of committing a assault during a home invasion. and if convicted, he could face a life. sentence in prison. in t

matthew mueller back in the headlines today. he is the notorious convicted kidnapper and that so-called gone girl case. >> which later became the subject of a netflix documentary series called american nightmare. so mueller in court today did not enter a plea during his arraignment this afternoon. he now faces 2 felony counts of committing a assault during a home invasion. the santa clara county district attorney's office district attorneys office says new evidence tied mueller to these other crimes. one of them being from september of 22,009 when he allegedly broke into a mountain view woman's home tied that woman up and made her drink a concoction of medications before the woman then talked him out of her a month later, mueller allegedly broke into a pole all to home bound and gagged. a woman made her drink make wellman started to assault her before he was also persuaded to stop the 47 year-old mother was in a federal prison in arizona. that's where he is serving a 40 year prison sentence after he pled guilty to kidnapping and