the latest rasmussen poll. charles krauthammer author of very best seller "things that matter" joins us. >> thank you. >> 29% think the country is going in the right direction. >> what is interesting that is significantly lower it was in the mid 30's a few months ago and it can't be the economy because it's either been you can say stable or slightly improving which is what generally i is reflected in the wrong numbers, in the wrong track statistic. so what it means is this is a reaction, i think to what's happening overseas. now generally in our elections. what happens overseas is relatively unimportant. there have been some exceptions but this could be and i think it will be an election with the most emphasis on what's happening abroad in foreign affairs. in at least a decade. and perhaps only the second of the in 30 years where it was a major issue. that i think is what people lose sight of. it's not that it's specific issue, the terms of the iran treaty or people are

we begin with eric rasmussen in the news room with more on the police radio calls made in the moments before he was gunned down. >> reporter: we listened to an hour of radio communication detailing what happened before, during and after the shots that killed officer johnson. police talked about scott dunham's mental history but nothing could prepare them for what he was about to do. >> reporter: tuesday evening in san jose a call stoopolice about -- to police about scott dunham alerted officers to a tense situation. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: other information came from his daughter, calling from out of town, as well as his wife on the scene. [ indiscernible ] [ 911 calls ] >> reporter: then as police approached officers relayed what they saw. [ indiscernible ] [ 911 calls ] >> reporter: 12 seconds later the first word officer michael johnson was shot. >> officer down. officer down. >> copy, officer down. officer down. [ indiscernible ] [ dispatch calls ] >> reporter: minutes after that another officer also reported he might have put the suspect down in his words according to the

so director rasmussen, al qaeda they're still alive and well. right? they are still a threat to freedom, global freedom? >> yes, sir, they pose a significant terrorist threat. >> i would say al qaeda, isis, al qaeda in all of its elements, aqap boko haram, al shabaab, all these terrorist groups are still active. right? >> yes, sir. >> so we shouldn't take our eye off the ball with just focusing on isis and think of this globally and not get the 50 shades of terrorism. talk about terrorism about terrorism. these groups are a threat all over the globe so let me lay out a scenario that actually happened. back in late may to europe right before we arrived in brussels a foreign fighter had traveled to syria about a year, i believe, maybe 18 months radicalized, came back through turkey, through germany into brussels, shot up a jewish museum. killed three people, fourth one was wounded. i don't know if that person died or not. i don't remember that. that was right before we arrived. it was very real to the belgians. it was very real to the french because this

. >> eric rasmussen tells us some changes have been made since 2 investigates first got involved. eric is in alameda now with the story. >> reporter: frank, these are the changes. this fence, the city of alameda put up all around these abandoned buildings after we started asking questions. that was just a few weeks ago. neighbors say the dangerous conditions here had been ignored for years. an eyesore by day. >> it actually looks like a tornado hit it, and circled back and hit it again. >> reporter: by night, neighbors of these abandoned buildings say they're a magnet for crime. michelle showses us what she sighs from her apartment every day. >> looking out my front door window, there's broken down buildings. everywhere you look, it's trash. >> reporter: 17 abandoned buildings former townhomes for those who lived and worked at the alameda naval air station before the navy moved out almost 20 years ago and gave the land to the city. hardly a ghost town. families in transitional housing surrounded these crumbling buildings. >> they're hazards to the children. all you have to do is w

eric rasmussen, thank you. >>> doctors at san francisco general hospital showed off a new test that is at shortening the time patients have to wait to find out if they have tuberculous. the new tests looks for material from the virus and shortens the waiting time dramatically. >> instead of waiting for weeks for tb to grow to identify it we can identify tuberculous very quickly within several hours. >> the number of cases is rising much 170 in 2013, 117 last year. it is the first hospital in california to use the new test. >>> bill calling for new studies examining the safety of fields made from recycled tires gained approval today. it is the latest twist in an investigation we have been following. in december ktvu's melanie woodrow looked into health concerns. her investigation was featured on the doctor ozshow today and tonight -- dr. oz show and tonight we are hearing from a family who says the issue hits close to home. melanie woodrow now with the story. >> reporter: this is a family that wonders whether or not a soccer field made from recycled tires caused their daughter's cancer.

find it by scrolling to the bottom of the home screen and clicking "eric rasmussen" under the latestt section. we want to point out eric checked up on that young man just two days ago and he recently earned his first paycheck. >>> oakland's mayor joined volunteers this weekend to clean up a neighborhood. libby schaff helped clean up clinton square and the area around 7th avenue and international boulevard yesterday. the volunteers picked up trash and removed some graffiti. the mayor says taking pride in oakland is key to her administration. >> the goal is to make a neighborhood we can be proud of. a neighborhood that looks clean, that looks safe, that feels good, that feels like the people who live here love and respect this neighborhood and they expect others to do the same. >> in her first 100 days the mayor plans to take part in a community clean-up in every council district across the city. >>> steph curry brought out the new york knicks, to celebrate his birthday. curry says it's better to give than receive, like this, behind the back pass to andrew who finishes with the thunder

. >> eric rasmussen in the news room, thank you. >>> breaking news right now in oakland. there are reports two people have been injured after a shooting on chestnut and 28th streets. ktvu's paul chambers just arrived on the scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we have limited information. this is what i know. sky fox right now. before 5:00 p.m. witnesses heard multiple shots. some saying 20. there are several scenes out here. a woman was shot and killed. witnesses say she was defending her son who was also shot. we are told he has life threatening injuries. there is an issue with the bus. police tell me there were several witnesses on the bus, that is why they stopped the bus to talk to the people on the bus. people are being allowed to be taken back into the area after they show their idea to police. we are just seeing -- live. it is a serious situation. the man found out his wife is killed. i think we need go back to you right now. i will come back and give you more information when we get it. >> very, very devastating situation in oakland. thank you. >> boy. >>> o

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. >>> good evening i'm eric rasmussen. >> the freshman soccer player for cal bear was with teammates. his mother says he was supposed to be coming back to berkeley today. noelle walker has been following the story. she's back on campus after talking to his family and also noelle with the man believed to be the last person he talked to before disappearing. >> reporter: heather that friend says she doesn't know why he called her here in berkeley. he said to call friends close by to help him. but he said he was on the beach and no one could help him. there's just some things in life you can't prepare for. a grandson reported missing is one of them. >> it's just so hard because you know your thoughts go to all kinds of things that could happen. this is when he was in high school. >> reporter: last week bonnie margolan sent her grandson to spring break. >> i took him to the b.a.r.t. station and he said i love you nana that was it. >> reporter: on saturday that call came. >> they said i have bad news, we can't find aloi, he's gone. >> this was taken earlier in the evening. >> reporter: fami

you saw the rasmussen poll which shows even democratic primary voters want fresh bases for 2016.is that bad news for clinton and jeb bush? >> i think part of jeb bush's rationale for his candidacy is he has the last name of bush but most likely he will run against somebody with a last name of clinton and when you see recent clinton scandals reminds the american people, republican, democrat or independent of all the previous democratic previous clinton scandals. what worries me is i actually as a republican want to run against hillary clinton. see is imploding. you have the e-mail problem and now the question of who funded her foundation, her husband's foundation when she was secretary of state. here is the next step which we will never get the answer to. all the e-mails he got rid of and the fact her server was probably scrapped guest was a lot of that was shaking down some foreign governments and foreign foundations to give to her foundation. i bet it wasn't all doctors' appointments. >> yoga. lou: let's turn to president obama's message to iran and the iranians. he hasn't been

>> evening, i'm eric rasmussen in for ken wayne. >> and i'm heather holmes. >> a man got the scare of his life when his car was stolen with his eight-month-old baby inside. the baby's father chased down the suspect in an effort to rescue his baby girl. look at that smile -- > >> reporter: miguel said they loaded the baby in the jeep a little after 7:00 this morning to go to the park. they went inside for 20 seconds before discovering the jeep had vanished from their drive way on story road near hopkins. >> i could see the lady driving my car. >> his jeep stolen with his baby girl inside. he said luckily, it took officers a few minutes to find the s.u.v. dumped around the corner with the little girl crying, but safe. >> reporter: miguel said the woman tried to run, but police tracked her down and arrested her. now, baby genesis is back where he belongs. the parents say they will never leave her unattended begin not even for a few seconds to load the car. >> >> and now that the mysterious disappearance of a uc berkeley student woe was in southern california visiting friends. kristina ha

. >> eric rasmussen sat down with him, and he admits he's not a success story, at least not yet. >> yes, he says he's left his violent past behind, but he has one foot out and one foot still in the gang. it took more than a month of meeting with him and earnings his trust before he agreed to do this interview. >> reporter: have you ever robbed somebody. >> yeah stabbed somebody? >> yeah. >> >> reporter: shot somebody? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was a rough life. >> i grew up in a family that was rough, and there was torture in the house, rape, beatings, everything. growing up in that type of house, the only thing you hope for is safety, security, family, so i left my family and looked for a new family. the gang life is a family open to anybody. >> reporter: how old were you? >> 11 years old. >> reporter: when you joined in? >> yeah. >> reporter: now 20 he says revealing his identity could get him killed, so why speak at all? >> i've seen, man, parents die, kids die. it's bad. >> reporter: he now says he wants to help keep kids out of gangs to resist the recruiting tactics he once used. >>

. >> thank you eric rasmussen. you can read more on www.ktvu.com. >>> the parents of three victims who were killed in a deadly ramp page near university of california, santa barbara filed a lawsuit. the lawsuit accuses the sheriff's department and the apartment managers where the killer lived of being negligent. and ignoring warning signs about elliot elliot rodger's behave. last may he killed six university of california, santa barbara students and injured 14 other people before killing himself. his first three victims all of whom are from the bay area, his two roommates and one of their friends. >>> a man on his way to work was gunned down this morning. it happened after 7:00 a.m. this morning on the city's east side in the 4700 block. ktvu's paul chambers has the latest in the investigation. >> reporter: after 7:00 a.m. this morning shots were fired in this community. >> i heard shots. and then i came down and the man was shot in front of his car. >> reporter: that man is marcus west, jr. neighbors believe he wa

yesterday police arrested 53- year-old kenneth rasmussen in idaho. rental centered sex offender was convicted twice of molesting young boys in the 1980s. he's now been connected to the murder case of jeffrey david vargo. the boy went missing while bicycling around his home july 2, 1981. the next day his strangled body was found at a construction site about 25 miles away. he will 235eus a judge tomorrow and brought to l.a. tomorrow to face murder charges. >>> an officer killed in downtown philadelphia. it's not clear what led up to the shooting or how police were alerted to it. police found the off-duty officer with a gunshot wound to the chest. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. investigators say they do not have anyone in custody and they do not believe the pub is at risk. >>> a boston police officer remains in critical condition after he was shot in the face. he's in a medically induced coma. officer john moynihan just pulled over a car when the suspect pulled out a gun and shot him just below the eye. other officers shot and killed

ktvu's eric rasmussen is working on the recordings.ll have his report on ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >>> now a san francisco where the power went out three times at an important government building. that is renewing concerns that hall of justice. home to police headquarters and much, much more. ktvu's david stevenson is live. this is a building that opened in the '50s? >> reporter: it is. no data was loss. no court sessions canceled but they are highlighting long standing concerns about the building behind me. >> reporter: stuck elevators and out of service signs line the halls of hall of justice. the west side was hit with three power outages yesterday afternoon and several departments here have still not recovered. >> had to run extension boards for police department facilities -- cords for police department facilities. down the hall. >> the district attorney office, the lights are. >> 25% down. 75% up. a lot of people don't have access to computers and can't do legal work. >> reporter: the building sees hundreds of visitors each da

rasmussen claim the cats wereen tomb several die but the superintendent says the district has documented only one accidental death. right now installed one way door to make sure they have a way to get out. >> we put one way door that we ourselves have made. >> the door are made of wood but animal advocate ask the district to install these instead. >> cat can good out but they can't go back in. >> and it's clear plastic so they go towards the light and go out of the. >> district says the problem is compounded by people feeding the cats. >> when people in the community feed the cats it's not just cats that eat the cat food. possum and skuchbing on the campus and definitely seen rack kichbility gotten so bad that the adults continue the adults continuing education center has had a bad flea problem. high school students say the feral cats are everywhere. >> this morning i was going to class room and gray cat ran out of the building and ran to another. kind of frightening you know. >> good news is that most of these accounts have been trapped spayed or neutered and released back in the colony

allie rasmussen. >>> elsewhere in napa a man's naked body would you say found inside a large freezerpolice are trying to determine if it's a suicide or homicide. police went to the man's apartment on brown street after they say a relative requested a welfare check. they say the man was 54 years old hadn 't been seen since late february. police say the man may have suffered from mental illness and possibly put himself in the freezer on purpose. the man's name is being withheld until family members are notified. >>> astronomers say an electromagnetic -- are creating a sort of boreales. >>> for us we've got clear skies out there. you're not going to see the aurora this far south. but if you're in seattle sure you might have a chance to see it tonight or tomorrow. 74 in santa rosa. 70 in vallejo and 72 in the concord area. so this day looks a lot like what we're going to see tomorrow. put this shot back in. mark ibanez came to the weather center and said bill this shot is unreal. and i see it and it is stunning. you can see how clear it is. if you're out and about in the city you're talk

ktvu reported on the delays last summer and eric rasmussen is here now with what you found. >> reporterght. talking about dozens of calls, code 3 emergencies, ambulances missed their goal of getting to the scene in 10 minutes or less. her department is making improvements, but some firefighters and paramedics said they still have a long way to go. in response to what some called a crisis last summer. the fire department added 19 new ambulances and bringing on more'ems. -- more emts. crews responding to top priority emergency calls waited 45 minutes for an ambulance. 59 times. 25 times the wait was more than an hour. the fire chief says some of those calls did not start out as code 3 emergencies, rather non-life threatening code 2 calls. but firefighters and paramedics say it is still taking too long to transport some people to the hospital. >> we don't have enough ambulances. i mean, it is simple. i mean, that is the answer. we don't have enough ambulances. we haven't had enough ambulances for a long time. >> at a high point on a given day we have 24, 25 ambulances working. we have doub

you saw the rasmussen poll which shows even democratic primary voters want fresh bases for 2016. is that bad news for clinton and jeb bush? >> i think part of jeb bush's rationale for his candidac is hhath lstnae of somebody with a last name of clinton and when you see recent clinton scandals reminds the american people, republican, democrat or independent of all the previous democratic previous clinton scandals. what worries me is i actually as a republican want to run against hillary clinton. see is imploding. you have the e-mail problem and now the question of who funded her foundation, her husband's foundation when she was secretary of state. here is the next step which we will never get the answer to. all the e-mails he got rid of and the fact her server was probably scrapped guest was a lot of that was shaking down some foreign governments and foreign foundations to give to her foundation. i bet it wasn't all doctors' appointments. >> yoga. lou: let's turn to president obama's message to iran and the iranians. he hasn't been talking to the american people about his nuclear

. >> eric rasmussen followed up, and found a lot of people are still waiting. >> reporter: the san franciscoe department missed its goal of having an ambulance on scene in life-threatening emergencies in 10 minutes or less. there has been progress, but some firefighters and par medics say it's not enough. a robbery at 11th and market in san francisco. a female victim, unconscious, lying on the sidewalk. records show firefighters arrived almost right away, at 2:57 a.m., but they waited 68 minutes for an ambulance. >> the paramedics part, it's frustration. especially when they hear what the call is. >> reporter: firefighters and emt say it's not an isolated incident. 73 minutes to transport a cardiac arrest patient on broad street. 83 minutes for an unconscious man at third and newcomb. crews responding to top priority calls waited at least 45 minutes for an ambulance 59 times. 25 times the wait was more than an hour. it's the kind of delay that could be the difference between life and death according to firefighters and emt's who spoke to ktvu after 2 investigates first reported on ambulance

the rasmussen members are overwhelming. 82% of black people think police officers act in discriminatory ways against black people. 30% of white people. that is a massive, massive gap. those numbers just sort of keep coming. 61% of all americans say that the media hypes up shootings when a white officer shoots someone who is black. and without shifting those numbers, i think getting to any sort of real and systematic change becomes nearly impossible. so, this is not all in the black lives matter movement obviously. some of this is racism. some is apathy. there's lots mixed in you can't separate policing issues from other ones. but there's a certain bottom line that for all the attention and drum beat this has received we are not seeing anything like systematic changes. it's hard not to see going through this again when we get to the next victim. almost every victim is a complicated story. this is the rare instance because of this false narrative and because of the attention that drew because of the story johnson told that was wrong, and was repeated and amplified by many other witnesses

police arrested this man, 53- year-old kenneth rasmussen.cked him down after linking his dna to a case with the help of a national database. he is accused of killing 6-year- old jeffrey david vargo in california back in 1981. jeffrey disappeared while he was out riding his bike. his body was later found at a construction site. >>> we are learning more about why sergeant bow berg call may have left his unit in eastern afghanistan. bergdahl had problems with order and discipline in his unit, according to one report. he was kidnapped by taliban fighters and held honest an for five years. he was released last year as part of a prisoner swap with the u.s. early aer this week, he was charged with desertion. >>> a proposal for a regional military force to deal with security threats in places such as yemen, which was plunged into chaos when rebels began seizing control of the capital and other areas last fall. >>> coming up on kron 4 news weekend, the warriors set a franchise record. we'll talk about it and show it to you coming up next. >> and here

i'm joined by susan rasmussen. me what are some of the exciting items you have in the kitchen department? >> we have everything. this isn't just kitchen. it's called household. we cover garden, laundry, patio, pots and pans, we've got it all. >> you name it. there's a pretty impressive antique section. some of these are popular among collectors. >> absolutely. this is a great place to come. we have a lovely variety and our prices are gray. >> reporter: you cannot beat half off. and it goes to such a great cause. the oakland museum of california. >> yes. all of our profits go to supporting the museum, their programs, and special education things. we're really proud of what we do. >> thank you for the good work. >> thank you. >> last year they raised 1.1 8 million. it all goes back to the museum. they're hoping to get that or stop. you were asking me the origin of the white elephant. one of the volunteers told me that comes, a tradition from india. the white elephant is sacred. if you were given the gift of a wait el

rasmussen notes in his testimony, more than 20,000 fighters from over 90 countries have made their way to the battlefield to join al qaeda, isis and other extremist groups, making this the largest convergence of islamist terrorists in world history. that number continues to grow despite months of air strikes. up to 5,000 of these fighters are westerners, many of whom are able to travel into the united states without obtaining a visa. and more than 150 american citizens have attempted to or succeeded in getting to the battlefield, and we know that some of them have already returned to our shores. you can see this flow depicted in the graphic behind me. but extremists do not need to travel overseas in order to become a threat to our homeland. though hollywoodlike propaganda today videos and social media and through that means islamist terror groups are inciting their followers and potential recruits to wage war at home. both isis, and yemen-based al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, have called for westerners, including americans, to wage individual jihad in their home countries, and it's

next we have the honorable nicholas rasmussen, sworn in as director of the national counterterrorism center in december of 2014. he previously served as nctc's deputy director since june of 2012, prior to returning to nctc he served with the national security council staff as special assistant to the president, and senior director for counterterrorism. thank you, sir. and last but not least, michael steinbach, appointed as the assistant director of the fbi's counterterrorism division by director comey in july of 2014. he joined the fbi in 1995, held a variety of positions at fbi headquarters in the field and overseas during his ten-year career with the bureau. most recently served as deputy assistant director of the counterterrorism position. the witnesses' full statements will appear in the record. the chair now recognizes undersecretary taylor for his opening statement. >> chairman mccaul, ranking member thompson, and distinguished members of the committee i'm pleased to be here today with my colleagues from the fbi and nctc to discuss the foreign fighter threat and our current eff