kron four's washington correspondent raquel martin joins us live and you can explain to everybody how big a deal is this? >> well, this is gearing up to be a pretty historic showdown. and actually the first time we've seen auto workers strike at this scale in nearly 90 years. president joe biden is throwing his support behind striking u.s. auto workers. no one wants to strike. >> but i respect workers right to use their options on the collective bargain the president says he believes the big 3 automakers, general motors, ford and stellantis all workers more after enjoying record profits been shared fairly in my view. total, 13,000 workers in michigan, ohio and missouri are hitting picket lines friday. you're using a new strategy. labor president john thain is promising to play hardball. he says even more workers could leave assembly lines unless they regained the pay and benefits they sacrifice to keep plants open. in the past, everything is on the table. michigan democratic senators gary peters and debbie stabenow joining workers friday. great to be out here on day one. president bid

a i washington correspondent raquel martin has the details. >> elon musk's mark zuckerberg and bill gatesong the big names at today's meeting, which was closed to the public, must delivered an alarming message to the group of 60 senators. he says technology could pose a risk to civilization. tesla ceo elon musk is painting a daunting picture about the future of artificial intelligence there's some books here slow. >> but if this the remarks came after a closed door meeting with senators wednesday bus was among the tech leaders. they're urging congress to act. i think it's clear that there's a strong consensus. >> a woman, a woman consensus should be recognition. this is the hardest thing that i think we have ever undertaken. senate majority leader chuck schumer arranged the meeting which also included civil rights and labor leaders. he admits passing sweeping regulations will take time, but we can't be like sturges and put our head in the sand because if we don't step forward, things will be a lot worse. among the vast list of concerns, job security, national security and data privacy max

washington correspondent raquel martin has more. >> well, this is setting up to be a historic battle. this is the first time we're seeing an auto workers strike on this scale in nearly 90 years. president joe biden is throwing his support behind striking u.s. auto workers. no one wants to strike. >> but i respect workers right to use their options on the collective bargain the president says he believes the big 3 automakers, general motors, ford and stellantis workers more after enjoying record profits been shared fairly in my view. total, 13,000 workers in michigan, ohio and missouri are hitting picket lines friday. you're using a new strategy. labor president john thain is promising to play hardball. he says even more workers could leave assembly lines unless they regained the pay and benefits they sacrifice to keep plants open. in the past, everything is on the table. michigan democratic senators gary peters and debbie stabenow joining workers friday. great to be out here on day one. president biden says the white house is working to broker a deal that satisfies both sides. all 3 c

washington correspondent raquel martin has details on how borrowers should prepare. >> it's now the final month. millions of americans can dodge their student october payments are due. how should they be preparing? come to student aid, dot gov. take a look at all the options. and james calls with the department of education. he says in dress kicks back in now. but his agency created cheaper and more flexible payment options to ease the pain. we know this is a challenge for a lot of people. the option likely to be the cheapest is the new income-driven save plan individual borrowers earning less than about $33,000 will owe nothing and for others making monthly payments, your ballots won't grow due to unpaid interest. so that is a really big benefit are offering. there's also a new grace period over the next year. individuals who can not make their monthly payments will not see a decrease in their credit scores. still is setting in. how do you live paycheck to paycheck? the student think about race other about half will have to default a major concern. naacp is partnering with the department

kron four's washington correspondent raquel martin explains how to prepare for when these payments resume next month. >> it's now the final month. millions of americans can dodge their student loans come october payments are due. how should they be prepared? come to student aid, dot gov. take a look at all the options. and james calls with the department of education. he says in dress kicks back in now. but his agency created cheaper and more flexible payment options to ease the pain. we know this is a challenge for a lot of people. the option likely to be the cheapest is the new income-driven save plan individual borrowers earning less than about $33,000 will owe nothing and for others making monthly payments, your ballots won't grow due to unpaid interest. so that is a really big benefit are offering. there's also a new grace period over the next year. individuals who can not make their monthly payments will not see a decrease in their credit scores. still is setting in. how do you live paycheck to paycheck? the student think about race painted mr. if a noise with the naacp because blac

our washington correspondent raquel martin has more now on the ceremonies happening across the nation. >> and president biden fresh from his trip to india and vietnam is back on american soil. he delivered a speech from alaska alongside service members, first responders and families. >> at sunrise an american flag was draped from the roof of the pentagon. as military leaders gather to honor the 184 lives lost here on 9.11, we uphold our enduring promise. >> to never forget general mark milley, defense secretary lloyd austin and the first lady paid homage at the annual ceremony. 22 years ago, al qaeda terrorists flew a plane into the southwest corner of the military headquarters every day since the united states has demonstrated that we would never. >> wow. >> president biden observe the anniversary from alaska on his way home from a trip to india and vietnam. >> i will never forget faced with evil and an enemy who sought to tear us apart. we endured. we endured. >> can you see in new york city, the vice president paid her respects at ground 0 where families read the names of the falle

. >> to share their insight about artificial intelligence technology, washington correspondent raquel martin has the details. >> elon musk's mark zuckerberg and bill gates were among the big names at today's meeting, which was closed to the public, must delivered an alarming message to the group of 60 senators. he says technology could pose a risk to civilization. tesla ceo elon musk is painting a daunting picture about the future of artificial intelligence there's some bucks here slow. >> but if this the remarks came after a closed door meeting with senators wednesday bus was among the tech leaders. they're urging congress to act. i think it's clear that there's a strong consensus. >> a woman, a woman consensus should be regulation. this is the hardest thing that i think we have ever undertaken. senate majority leader chuck schumer arranged the meeting which also included civil rights and labor leaders. he admits passing sweeping regulations will take time, but we can't be like sturges and put our head in the sand because if we don't step forward, things will be a lot worse. among the vast

and look at the latest now from raquel martin. she's joining us now live from washington, d.c., raquel, thanks for joining us. >> justine will. this is gearing up to be a historic showdown between auto workers and these big 3 companies. in fact, this probably going to be one of the most widespread auto strikes we've seen here in the u.s. in nearly 90 years. president joe biden is throwing his support behind striking u.s. auto workers. no one wants to strike. >> but i respect workers right to use their options on the collective bargain the president says he believes the big 3 automakers, general motors, ford and workers more after enjoying record profits been shared fairly in my view. total, 13,000 workers in michigan, ohio and missouri are hitting picket lines friday. you're using a new strategy. labor president john thain is promising to play hardball. he says even more workers could leave assembly lines unless they regained the pay and benefits they sacrifice to keep plants open. in the past, everything is on the table. >> michig

. >> delivered remarks from alaska kron four's national correspondent raquel martin reports. >> at sunrisee roof of the pentagon. as military leaders gather to honor the 184 lives lost here on 9.11, we uphold our enduring promise. >> to never forget general mark milley, defense secretary lloyd austin and the first lady paid homage at the annual ceremony. 22 years ago, al qaeda terrorists flew a plane into the southwest corner of the military headquarters every day since the united states demonstrated that we would never. >> wow. >> president biden observe the anniversary from alaska on his way home from a trip to india and vietnam. i will never forget. faced with evil. >> and an enemy who sought to tear us apart. we endured. we endured. >> can you see in new york city, the vice president paid her respects at ground 0 where families read the names of the fallen deputy. we love you and miss you. after more than 2 decades fighting terrorism secretary austin says the u.s. remains committed to combating all threats against the country. we will always work. >> to keep america safe. we will alway

raquel martin, back to you.ust seen curious that the biden administration has. >> endorsed the union's demand of this 40% raise. >> know that president biden has called himself the most pro-union a president. but when asked this question explicitly at today's briefing, the white house press secretary dogs, that question and instead just push for both of these parties to come back to the table. raquel martin, thank you so much. san francisco mayor london breed signed a new law aimed at expediting the planning approval and construction of housing projects in the city, the housing stimulus and free reform plan was signed by mayor breed at the ceremony yesterday. the legislation aims to build housing faster. the mayor's office says this new law has the potential to unlock almost 8,000 already approved. but unbuilt units across the city. a live look outside right now here across the golden gate bridge. you can see those clouds and fog sticking around. the cooling trend has begun and on trend now is gayle ong. she has

raquel martin, back to you. 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside at the bay bridge tonight. lee. what's it doing for over a week now? finally, it's about to come onshore. they're already starting to see some of those bands. >> move on shore across the northeast right now. and new england seen some of that moving on in right now in some heavy rain and some gusty winds was just checking on some of those gust. nantucket. you're seeing some gusts over 40 miles an hour elsewhere, 20 to 30 mile an hour this is a large storm system. you can see it working its way along the east coast. the i yeah, i kind of less to fine now. but the center just off the coastline right here. and that's what we're tracking. that's really where the core of the hurricane force winds are still maintain. so you can see some of the bands moving on shore. you see the heavy rainfall making its way in toward the massachusetts. now and then tuck it island. so just beginning to see that move on shore. that's going to happen throughout the night tonight and tomorrow morning. certainly the possibility of some fla

. >> artificial intelligence, our washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin is joining us now live with the very latest. thanks for joining us. >> of course, what we know that of big names like bill gates, elon musk and also mark zuckerberg were at today's meeting, which was a closed door. press was allowed inside and about 60 senators were in attendance, most delivered a pretty alarming message to the senators. he said if ai goes unchecked that pose an existential threat to humanity. >> tesla ceo elon musk is painting a daunting picture about the future of artificial intelligence for slow. but if this remarks came after a closed door meeting with senators wednesday bus was among the tech leaders. they're urging congress to act. i think it's clear that there's a strong consensus. >> a woman, a woman consensus should be some ai regulation. this is the hardest thing that i think we have ever undertaken. senate majority leader chuck schumer arranged the meeting which also included civil rights and labor leaders. he admits passing sweeping regulations will take time, but we can't be li

raquel martin, back to you. just seen. thank you so much. is new legal trouble for the first family today a grand jury indicted hunter biden on federal firearms charges and this is coming after months of investigations. >> and dramatic legal dealing surrounding the president's son, our washington, d.c., correspondent hannah brandt breaks down the latest. >> a grand jury indicted hunter biden on 3 gun-related charges. prosecutors say he lied about his drug use when he bought a firearm in october of 2018. former federal prosecutor david weinstein told newsnation hunter could be facing jail time. he's looking at about 10 to 16 months. if he's you if you cleans out the numbers go down, you could end up with that low. 10 investigators are also looking into hunter biden's business dealings and he's facing possible charges related to his taxes. but this indictment doesn't touch on that. these new charges are latest step in a month-long saga. hunter biden's legal team had previously reached a plea deal with prosecutors that would have allowed biden

raquel martin has the details. >> it's now the final month.americans can dodge their student loans come october payments are due. how should they be prepared come to student aid dot gov. take a look at all the options. and james calls with the department of education. he says in dress kicks back in now. but his agency created cheaper and more flexible payment options to ease the pain. we know this is a challenge for a lot of people. the option likely to be the cheapest is the new income-driven save plan individual borrowers earning less than about $33,000 will owe nothing and for others making monthly payments, your ballots won't grow due to unpaid interest. so that is a really big benefit are offering. there's also a new grace period over the next year. individuals who can not make their monthly payments will not see a decrease in their credit scores. still is setting in. how do you live paycheck to paycheck? the student think about race at other painted, mr. if a noise with the naacp because black students more, she anticipates about half wi

we're not washington, raquel martin, back to you. pennsylvania state police and the u.s. marshal service say the scape inmate is now armed with a 22 caliber rifle. 34 year-old danelo couple kiante stole the gun. >> from a homeowner's garage. a fish say last night he encountered that homeowner who fired shots at him with a pistol. the fugitive grabbing a rifle that was leaning against a wall and then ran away and he was not hit by that gunfire. >> the s p responded and secured that scene. at that time. a green sweatshirt and white t-shirt believed to belong to calvacante were discovered near the edge of the driveway. perimeter was expanded to include that area, upwards of 500 law enforcement officers are engaged in securing the perimeter and in conducting the searches. >> couple conte escaped back on august 31st. he was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend. 38 times in front of her 2 young children in 2021. a richmond family is inviting the public to a memorial service 9 years after the death of their son and a police shooting in richmond, ric

raquel martin. >> according to reports, a grammy winning hip-hop legend crazy bone is fighting for hise in a los angeles area hospital. the report says the bone thugs and harmony member has undergone 2 surgeries to battle internal bleeding and his lungs, fellow bone thugs member busy bone posted on social media asking people to keep his friend in their prayers with nba superstar lebron james. among those responding with their support. a triumphant sendoff for soccer star megan rapino who played her final game for the u.s. women's national team. yesterday the u.s. took down south africa 2 to nothing. pino heads off into retirement with 2 world championships as well as gold and bronze medals and the olympics right the pittsburgh steelers team plane, pittsburgh steelers team plane had to make an emergency landing in kansas city earlier this morning. the team >> was making its way home from las vegas after their 23 to 18 win over the raiders last night. but the plane was dealing with an oil pressure failure in one of the engines. steelers defensive tacklh cam heyward joked on x with chiefs

raquel martin. >> and in the meantime, gas prices continue to go up all across the bay area just in the past week, prices have jumped up another $0.25 in all counties in the region are now well over the $5 range, the most expensive price for a gallon of gas right now in the bay area is in napa county standing at $5.67. the cheapest in santa clara at five-fifty other bay area. gas prices are listed here on your screen and just taken over quick glance here. yeah, they're all over $5 a gallon basically all over $5 and $0.50 a gallon. for comparison. california's average gas price is $5.69. a gallon for regular gas. prices are supposed to be going down after the summer months, but between flooding in libya, the war in ukraine, gas production is down. it's causing prices at the pump to go up. major relief is not expected now to happen until november. that is when california will switch over from its summer blend to the winter blend that summer blend costs more to produce than the winter blend. governor gavin newsom in new york right now for climate week in his speech during the opening cerem

raquel martin, back to you just a lot of secrecy there. thank you. raquel.ll ahead on this hour of kron, 4 news, vallejo city leaders and residents are set to gather for a town hall this evening. >> details on the safety concerns that will certainly be at the center of that meeting. plus, new legislation passed to block junk fees in california. how state lawmakers want to make sure that you know exactly what you're paying at checkout. that's after the break. for this afternoon, so-called junk fees could soon be banned in california, the state passed sb 4.78, which outlaw. >> hidden charges that are often encounter during online purchases, especially in the travel and entertainment industries. if signed by governor newsom, retailers would have to show the true cost of the purchase, meaning all those previously hidden fees would need to be included up front companies will be fined if they do not comply. family income declined by about $2000 on average last year. and that marks the 3rd year in a row. family incomes have dropped the census data also found that t

raquel martin. so meantime, the big 3 automakers layoffs have now started as a result of the strike. that's what they're saying because both general motors and stellantis have now laid off workers. >> gm says they have stopped work at a kansas assembly plant because of the strike laying off about 2000 workers who they say will not get unemployment benefits because of the strike. stellantis has also laid off around 370 workers. those employees worked at factories that supply that jeep plant in toledo, ohio. the union says of no deal has meant by noon tomorrow. more workers will join the picket lines coming up here at to another day of high-level talks, including several studio bigwigs. >> we're talking about that hollywood writers strike. is this the beginning of the end of this dispute that is just crippled the entertainment industry for months. plus, one family now suing google after their father allegedly died. well, following the google map instructions. what they claimed happened. plus, we'll ta

we're not washington, raquel martin, back to you. a new poll found that just over half of americans think that misinformation circulated by artificial intelligence. >> will affect the result of the 2024 presidential election. the axios morning consult poll found that 53% of respondents believed ai misinformation would play a role in deciding the winner of the upcoming race for the white house. those who voted for former president donald trump in 2020 were twice as likely to i will diminish their trust in election results than those who cast a ballot for president joe biden. and it was google versus the united states and now washing dean, dc federal courtroom today. the tech company is fighting the justice department in antitrust litigation. the case was filed about 3 years ago and the government alleges that google abused the power of its search engine to negatively impact competitors. federal officials say google's practices force consumers to settle for lower quality search results. the trial is expected to take about 10 weeks and

raquel martin. it seems like highwood writers and studios are nearing an agreement to end the strike that has shut down the entertainment industry since may. >> both sides met at the bargaining table yesterday. insiders say that talks at that meeting were, quote, very encouraging. nearly 20,000 writers have been working without pay since may. and they haven't even been working at all. they are asking for better pay and viewership. transparency from streaming services. governor newsom says the strike has already cost the california economy more than 5 billion dollars. >> next, do you remember the 21st of september? we have details you didn't choose cat allergies. you didn't choose your hairline. hot flashes, the flu, or that thing when your knee just gives out for no reason. you didn't choose your bad back or this. or... that. you didn't choose depression, melanoma, or lactose intolerance. but with kaiser permanente you can choose your doctor who works with other best-in-class specialists to care for

president has not visited one of the 3 memorial sites on the anniversary for now washington, raquel martin, back to you. as the final days of summer getting closer. california's reservoirs are in a position they have not been in for some time. they're still holding a significant amount of water. >> data shows all but trinity reservoir near redding and casitas near ventura are or above their historic average levels. the department of water resources says california has not been in this position since 2019. and we'll talk about the forecast now if there's any chance of rain and this little breezy out there. here's a live look here along embarcadero that's looking out towards the bay bridge. i was kind of a a terrible lead in today because we know it's not going to be raining at the time. you know, i just i saw that reservoir there i wish they could just put that on the ground for storage. you know that all that they can. that's only problem has to do by nature. and that takes hundreds of years. so that let's get started. okay. well, next, couple 100 years there thanking us already for all th

washington correspondent raquel martin has more.

our dc correspondent raquel martin explains. >> credit card interest rates are at record highs. are seeing triple trouble. basically. ted rossman is a financial analyst with bankrate. we're seeing more doubt higher interest rates and more people carrying that debt with federal reserve raising interest rates to cool inflation on average, americans are paying more than 20% in credit card interest each month. that is just outrageous. republican missouri senator josh hawley says struggling americans need a break. people can't afford to pay that. he's introducing legislation to cap credit card interest rate that 18%. that is more than enough profit for these companies to make. and it would really give working people shot. but rossman says the cap will do little to help alleviate financial stress. honestly, if it's 16% or 18 or or 22, it almost doesn't matter just because they're al6 high. financial experts say consumers in a bind should consider using 0 interests, introductory rate cards to pay down their debt. percent balance transfer cards. >> last as long as 21 months, you have al

our washington correspondent, raquel martin reports. >> well, this is setting up to be a historic battle is the first time we're seeing an auto workers strike on this scale in nearly 90 years. president joe biden is throwing his support behind striking u.s. auto workers. no one wants to strike. >> but i respect workers right to use their options on the collective bargain the president says he believes the big 3 automakers, general motors, ford and stellantis workers more after enjoying record profits been shared fairly in my view. total, 13,000 workers in michigan, ohio and missouri are hitting picket lines friday. you're using a new strategy. labor president john thain is promising to play hardball. he says even more workers could leave assembly lines unless they regained the pay and benefits they sacrifice to keep plants open. in the past, everything is on the table. michigan democratic senators gary peters and debbie stabenow joining workers friday. great to be out here on day one. president biden says the white house is working to broker a deal that satisfies both sides. all 3 compan