sheikholeslami is a local hero. she did what most people could only imagine doing. her life on the line. >> reporter: the bay area's counsel eon america islamic relations says what dr. sheikholeslami feels isn't surprising. >> we've been hearing for months from anyone who's been able to go that there is this heartbreak in the privilege of choosing to leave. they are carrying survivor's guilt because they are home and safe with their families when they want to be doing more. >> if it becomes a bit safer, i would like to go back. i think i find that there's just so much need. if -- and hopefully the war stops soon -- if all of this stops now, there's just so much that the country needs. >> reporter: that's dr. sheikholeslami's other pressing concern, captured through these images she took of the destruction she saw. that as the war continues the work for palestinians to rebuild their homes and communities only grows. >> so hard seeing those images of those little children. >>> all right, back home pro-palestinian protests at uc san that cruz have prompted the universi

haleh sheikholeslami two weeks ago.our kevin ko met with her at her mountain view home where she says it has been a bittersweet return. >> there is no safe zone that could be safer zones, but there is no safe zone in gaza. you know sometimes i would be, you know, jolted out of sleep from the bombardments. >> reporter: dr. haleh sheikholeslami is back home after leaving for gaza on may 1 and being stranded for more than a week. six days after she entered through the rafah crossing, it was shut down. >> and that was a big blow. we couldn't get out because of that, but also because we knew no new aid could come in. >> reporter: this is where she worked. the primary health center. she saw about 40 patients a day including many children. treating infectious diseases like acute diarrhea and hepatitis a caused by unsanitary water and food. >> last night i watched a clip of a video being bombarded. and the next thing i saw was the same clinic, the same area that i was working, the road i would go in, there were bodies. >> repor

joining us now is ahmad sheikholeslami, the brother of doctor sheikholeslami ahmad. nice to have you on the program here. sorry to hear what she is going through. have you spoken with your sister and how is she doing? good evening, we've had some limited text and communication with her last night. she did speak to her daughter and had some text to us, and we were encouraged that she's doing well and she's in good spirits. but she was really worried about the you know, they're really low on medical equipment and supplies. and that was her big worry was that, you know, she's there to help the people, but they're really having a challenges in that. and then the other big worry was this is going to be late. back to work. and she won't be able to get to her patients here in the bay area so, that was her concerns. while we're concerned for her safety and the safety of the doctors, she sounds like a special woman thinking about her patients here in the bay area. why does she initially want to go into that war zone? you said obviously, to help people, but that's a big risk.

the same sign, doctor sheikholeslami stood out when she arrived in gaza.sraeli tanks drove over it when it seized the rafah crossing more than a week ago. her brother. last night, she did speak to her daughter and had some text to us, and we were encouraged that she's doing well and she's in good spirits. but she was really worried about the you know, they're really low on medical equipment and supplies. the san carlos doctor at sutter health is also worried about her patients who depend on her in the bay area. she left at the end of april on a two week mission with a group of other doctors. she was supposed to come back monday through the now closed rafah border crossing between egypt and southern gaza, which has been a vital route for aid. we have to reopen the border, we have to stop the violence and we have to get both our health workers out and other doctors back in because, you know, the people of palestine really need the services. what the family needs is for their congressional representative and the state department to step in. congresswoman anna

doctor haley sheikholeslami is a family medicine specialist with sutter health in san carlos. she went to gaza on a two week mission to provide medical care to families . now it's been more than three weeks, and her family says they still have no idea when she'll return. doctor haley sheikholeslami traveled thousands of miles from the bay area to help the injured in gaza . this picture was taken when she arrived there. now that sign has been destroyed. she just saw the suffering and wanted to help . the latest attack by israel shut down the rafah border into egypt, restricting her planned travel out of the country and forcing the doctor to relocate to the coast. while the state department says it evacuated 20 american health care workers. the council on american islamic relations or care, says the san carlos doctor and a san francisco health care worker remained trapped in gaza. unfortunately, we were very disappointed to learn that doctor sheikholeslami and her bay area colleague were not even given the opportunity or option to evacuate. they learned about the evacuation afte

her family says that sign is now demolished and doctor sheikholeslami is trapped with no way to exit that we had the last text and that was that. they were they were relocating and that, you know, again, they were hoping that maybe potentially in a few days the crossing would get reopened. >> but the prospects of a quick return are grim. with the rafah border crossing closed, doctor sheikholeslami has a husband and two grown daughters in the bay area, along with extended family. >> i know her daughters have been really struggling in the past few weeks, you know, going through all of this in all

. >> this is a photo of doctor haley sheikholeslami, a family physician from sutter health in san carlos, as she entered gaza through the rafah crossing in late april, hopeful she could help children there on a two week medical mission. her family says that sign is now demolished and doctor sheikholeslami is trapped with no way to exit into egypt to come home. >> late sunday night, early morning, that we had the last text and that was that. they were they were relocating and that, you know, again, they were hoping that maybe potentially in a few days the crossing would get reopened. >> but the prospects of a quick return are grim. with the rafah border crossing closed, doctor sheikholeslami has a husband and two grown daughters in the bay area, along with extended family. >> i know her daughters have been really struggling in the past few weeks, you know, going through all of this in all of my conversations with families who've had members go, there is a very real while we may never come back uh- fear that they are grappling with, we know that of the over 20 doctors at least one is facin

when doctor haleh sheikholeslami traveled thousands of miles from the bay area to help the injured in gaza, this picture was taken when she arrived there. now, that sign has been destroyed. she just saw the suffering and wanted to help. the latest attack by israel shut down the rafah border into egypt, restricting her planned travel out of the country and forcing the doctor to relocate to the coast. while the state department says it evacuated 20 american health care workers, the council on american islamic relations, or care, says the san carlos doctor and a san francisco health care worker remain trapped in gaza. unfortunately we were very disappointed to learn that doctor sheikholeslami and her bay area colleague were not even given the opportunity or option to evacuate. they learned about the evacuation after the fact. now care is working with the doctor's family, reaching out to the state department and congresswoman anna eshoo to reunite the doctor with her two daughters and husband in the bay area ahmad talked with his sister today and says despite the challenges, she remains f

doctor holly sheikholeslami is a doctor at sutter health in san carlos.ells us she left at the end of april to gaza on a two week medical mission. the first week she would send him a message every day so we'd get a text, you know, in terms of, you know, everything's okay. and, you know, you know, i'm starting to do my work and i've seen children and so on and so forth, and so that kind of reassured us that, you know, she's okay. but then last week, after israel seized the rafah crossing, that changed. there was a lot of internet blackouts. and we for a couple of days did not hear from her when we kind of lost contact. it was like, that's not a good sign. and, you know, hearing the news with the increasing bombings and incursions and, you know, death toll, you know, we started to become really worried. nbc news reported on friday that dozens of american medical volunteers were trapped inside gaza after israeli forces took over the rafah crossing, preventing people from getting out. this morning, there was some relief for ahmed and their family, he says. he

. >> i was san carlos, doctor hala sheikholeslami traveled to gaza hoping to help. >> little did sheealize she'd be trapped there when the border closed, which meant not only for us not getting being able to come out, but it meant no aid coming in suddenly, an already meager supply of medicine in rafah dwindled. there was tylenol and not much else. often sheikholeslami could diagnose her patients but had no way to treat them. >> we tried to help patients as much as you can. it's hard when you don't have the tools to help patients or patients you know who should be hospitalized, but can't be because there's just no room for them. back home. >> the doctors family feared for her safety and tried desperately to get her out. finally, on may 24th, after three and a half weeks in gaza, an armored convoy escorted her through to jordan. it was not a moment too soon, she says. there were airstrikes right near her clinic. >> actually, i was watching a video yesterday. it was exact area that i worked. i saw the bodies being laid right there and the white sheet coverings they have in the room tha

. >> doctor sheikholeslami traveled to gaza hoping to help. little did she realize she'd be trapped there when the border closed, which meant not only for us not getting being able to come out, but it meant no aid coming in. suddenly, an already meager supply of medicine in rafah dwindled. there was tylenol and not much else. often sheikholeslami could diagnose her patients but had no way to treat them. >> we try to help patients as much as we can. it's hard when you don't have the tools to help patients or patients. you know who should be hospitalized, but can't be because there's just no room for them. >> back home, the doctor's family feared for her safety and tried desperately to get her out . finally, on may 24th, after three and a half weeks in gaza, an armored convoy escorted her through to jordan. it was not a moment too soon, she says. there were airstrikes right near her clinic. >> actually, i was watching a video yesterday. it was exact area that i worked. i saw the bodies being laid right there and the white sheet coverings they ha

. >> san carlos doctor hala sheikholeslami traveled to gaza hoping to help.d she realize she'd be trapped there when the border closed, which meant not only for us not getting being able to come out, but it meant no aid coming in. suddenly, an already meager supply of medicine in rafah dwindled. there was tylenol and not much else. often sheikholeslami could diagnose her patients, but had no way to treat them. >> we try to help patients as much as we can. it's hard when you don't have the tools to help patients or patients you know who should be hospitalized, but can't be because there's just no room for them back home. >> the doctors family feared for her safety and tried desperately to get her out. finally, on may 24th, after three and a half weeks in gaza, an armored convoy escorted her through to jordan. it was not a moment too soon, she says. there were airstrikes right near her clinic. >> actually, i was watching a video yesterday. it was exact area that i worked. i saw the bodies being laid right there in the white sheet coverings. they have in the roo

. >> this weekend's homecoming was bittersweet, says doctor haley sheikholeslami. at one point, she wasn't sure how she would get home. >> i'm glad to be home. i'm glad to be with family, but there's a lot of people i had left behind. they're not just patients, but also, you know, colleagues, coworkers who have not been able to evacuate yet. >> sheikholeslami is a physician at sutter health in san carlos. she went to gaza on a volunteer medical mission. it was her first time in a war zone treating up to 40 patients a day with limited medical supplies at the al-aqsa mosque in southern gaza, people living in tents, coming in with skin issues and chronic care that really needed to be addressed as well, you know, refilling their medications for blood pressure, diabetes. >> she was only supposed to be gone two weeks to rafah with more than 1 million palestinians have fled since the start of the war. >> but while she was there, the israeli military invaded and shut down the rafah border. she was stuck. >> things just got worse where medical ran out, there was no new medi

. >> i was san carlos doctor hala sheikholeslami traveled to gaza hoping to help. little did she realize she'd be trapped there when the border closed, which meant not only for us not getting being able to come out, but it meant no aid coming in suddenly, an already meager supply of medicine in rafah dwindled. there was tylenol and not much else. often sheikholeslami could diagnose her patients, but had no way to treat them. >> we try to help patients as much as we can, it's hard when you don't have the tools to help patients or patients, you know, who should be hospitalized. but can't be because there's just no room for them. >> back home, the doctor's family feared for her safety and tried desperately to get her out. finally, on may 24th, after three and a half weeks in gaza, an armored convoy escorted her through to jordan. it was not a moment too soon, she says. there were airstrikes right near her clinic. >> actually, i was watching a video yesterday. it was exact area that i worked. i saw the bodies being laid right there and the white sheet coverings. they i

meanwhile, a bay area family wants answers about doctor holly sheikholeslami, a sutter health doctor who was on a medical mission in gaza and now cannot get out. so the protest here has wrapped up. the protesters unchained themselves. they are now making their way about two blocks down where they are going to gather for a public rally. anyone can join there, but they felt pretty empowered by the fact that they were able to disrupt this really big developers conference, disrupt google, and shut down this main gate. and they did it just really smoothly. and it was it was it happened before you knew it was happening in mountain view. kris sanchez, nbc, bay area news. all right, chris, thank you. well, turning now to new developments in san jose, a shooting that shut down a freeway off ramp has turned deadly. this happened thursday at 280 and mclaughlin avenue. this is near the 2.8 101 interchange. while the investigation has led to the shutdown of that area for several hours, police now confirming one man was taken to the hospital and investigators say they learned he died sunday. anyon

reporter >> this weekend's homecoming was bittersweet, says doctor hale sheikholeslami.t sure how she would get home. >> i'm glad to be home. i'm glad to be with family, but there's a lot of people i had left behind. they're not just patients, but also, you know, colleagues, coworkers who have not been able to evacuate yet. >> sheikholeslami is a physician at sutter health in san carlos. she went to gaza on a volunteer medical mission. it was her first time in a war zone treating up to 40 patients a day with limited medical supplies at the al-aqsa mosque in southern gaza. >> people living in tents, coming in with skin issues and chronic care that really needed to be addressed as well, you know, refilling their medications for blood pressure, diabetes. >> she was only supposed to be gone two weeks to rafah with more than 1 million palestinians have fled since the start of the war. but while she was there, the israeli military invaded and shut down the rafah border. she was stuck. >> things just got worse. where medication ran out, there was no new medication coming in bec

we first told you about doctor haley sheikholeslami departure to gaza last month.family physician at sutter health in san carlos. she made the trip over to provide medical care, primarily to children in the war torn region. however, since the border in the city of rafah between gaza and egypt closed, humanitarian aid has not been allowed in or out of gaza. after days of no contact, we've now just learned the family got word last night that doctor sheikholeslami is safe. the family believes more us doctors are also stuck with her group. their point of contact says the earliest the border will open is wednesday. >> here in the bay area, we saw protests and counter-protesters go face to face on the campus of stanford university. >> green day to bring them home, bring them home. >> yesterday, a pro-israel group marched to white plaza to protest directly against the pro-palestinian encampment. one of those involved is a young israeli woman who was able to escape when hamas attacked a music festival in israel back on october 7th. >> october 7th. i survived with five frie

sheikholeslami she just got back this weekend.toward the beginning of may to gaza because she wanted to go help people, but she didn't think the border would close. she and others couldn't leave. and at the same time, medicine that she needed for her patients couldn't come in. i felt like i just couldn't sit and watch that i had to contribute in some way. doctor haley islami arrived in gaza at the beginning of may. she took a photo in front of this sign. that sign is now gone. as a family physician, haley says she worked in an outpatient clinic in southern gaza. she would take note of the medicine she had available for her patients. the medications i could give at the beginning were very limited in terms of antibiotics, in terms of, antipyretics. after israel seized the rafah border, it became even more difficult. medicine couldn't come in and there was not much i could offer them. she was seeing 30 to 40 patients a day at the beginning, after people heard of the border closing, that number became smaller as people packed up and l

doctor haleh sheikholeslami came back home over the weekend.two weeks there providing medical aid in that war torn region, but she became stuck when the border was shut down. then medical supplies started to dwindle as well, making a bad situation even worse. >> we try to help patients as much as you can. it's hard when you don't have the tools to help patients or patients you know who should be hospitalized, but can't be because there's just no room for them, you know? >> the doctor was finally able to secure a return after four weeks. there in gaza, a seemingly just in time she says. on her way back home, there was an airstrike right near the clinic where she'd been working all classes at uc santa cruz will be online today and tomorrow due to an ongoing campus strike. >> the strike has lasted for a week now. yesterday protesters blocked the entrances to campus, filling the streets with tents and dumping rocks, debris and paint onto the pavement. union academic workers say they're upset about how university leaders have responded to pro-palest

we first told you about doctor haleh sheikholeslami, her departure to gaza last month. is usually a family physician at sutter health in san carlos, but she made the trip over to provide medical care to primarily children in the war torn region. however, since the border in the city of rafah between gaza and egypt is closed, humanitarian aid has not been allowed in or out of gaza. after days of no contact, we have now just learned the family got word about an hour ago, hearing that the doctor is safe. the family believes more u.s. doctors are also stuck with her group. their point of contact says the earliest the border will open is wednesday. now that comes as here at home, we saw protesters and counter protesters go face to face on the campus of stanford. today, we bring them home pro-israel group marched to white plaza to protest directly against the pro-palestinian encampment. one of those involved is a young israeli woman who was able to escape when hamas attacked a music festival in israel on october 7th. >> at october 7th, i survived with five friends of mine. we

sheikholeslami is a family physician from sutter health in san carlos. she entered through gaza through the rafah crossing back in april for a two week medical mission. her family says she's now unable to exit into egypt and come back home. she has a husband and two grown daughters here in the bay area. >> i know her daughters have been really struggling. it's in the past few weeks, you know, going through all of this. >> the council on american islamic relations says there's at least one more doctor from the bay area who is also trapped there, along with three from southern california. we won't stop till numbers get strong. in the bay area pro palestinian protesters tried to block the entrance of google's i o developers conference in mountain view. protesters are demanding the tech giant end its so-called project nimbus, which is an ai surveillance software that protesters allege is being used by the israeli government to target civilians. we reached out to google for comment. we have yet to hear back. >> people have been protesting on college campuses

of their loved one trapped in gaza, is asking u.s. lawmakers to step in and help doctor haleh sheikholeslamiza at the end of april on a two week mission with a group of other doctors. she became trapped when israeli forces closed the border crossing in rafah, with israel pushing for a full scale assault on rafah. her brother fears time is of the essence. we have to reopen the border, we have to stop the violence and we have to get both our health workers out and other doctors back in because, you know, the people of palestine really need the services. her family is now asking congresswoman anna eshoo to help bring her home. eshoo says she is now in touch with the state department to try to bring the entire group of doctors home. well, seven months after a cruz robot robo taxi dragged a woman in san francisco, we're learning that the company is about to pay up several reports. cruz, that they have reached a settlement with that woman agreeing to pay anywhere from 8 to $12 million. this is all according to cruz. the woman was hit by a separate car with a human driver and then thrown in front o

now, meanwhile, a bay area family wants answers about doctor hal sheikholeslami, a sutter health doctorsion in gaza and now is finding it difficult to return home. the protesters eventually unchained themselves about two hours after they put those chains on and blocked this entrance. they are also holding a public rally just a few blocks from here at a public park in mountain view. kris sanchez nbc, bay area news chris, thank you. meanwhile you may have seen these self-driving cars around san francisco. they're called waymo's and they're made by google. now, the national highway traffic safety administration is opening an investigation into waymo. it's looking into 22 incidents in which the cars were involved in collisions or traffic violations. 17 crashes are part of the investigation. in waymo, cars have hit stationary objects such as gates or other parked cars. no injuries have been reported, though this comes as leaders have been expressing concerns over waymo's expansion of testing in peninsula cities. and we are following a developing story out of san jose, a shooting that shut do

this is video of the homecoming doctor haleh sheikholeslami is a physician at sutter health in san carlos. she went to gaza as a volunteer for a medical mission. she was only supposed to be gone two weeks, but while she was there, the israeli military shut down the rafah border. she was stuck. >> i'm glad to be home. i'm glad to be with family. but there's a lot of people i left behind there. not just patients, but also you know, colleagues, coworkers who have not been able to evacuate yet. >> her family and local muslim organizations worked with the us state department to help get her home. >> 509 this morning, we will take you to our okay camera right now live. look outside. we have clear skies. our marine layer is taking a break today. it's going to be a warm afternoon. currently in oakland at 50 degrees. with those clear conditions just a light wind right now out of the east at about five miles per hour. looking at your travel forecast across the country, new york city again is under the threat of severe weather. this is likely going to be after about 4 p.m. on the east coast. that wi

haleh sheikholeslami practices in palo alto and left her family at the beginning of april but now thessing to egypt is closed. her brother has been fighting for her return home. >> she wanted to be able to do more. i think the -- you know, just the advocacy from here really wasn't enough. yesterday when i was talking to her, it was really -- you know, we had some texts back and forth. and one thing she was worried about was that she was not so worried about herself. her spirits were good. but she was worried about that they were running out of supplies and medical supplies because of the border crossing and that they couldn't help the people. and she was also worried about she was going to be late back to work so she couldn't see her patients here which i kind of find ironic because we're worried about her safety. >> the big challenge is safety getting her out and moving around rafah and also says his sister has been treating a lot of children. >> there's a scarcity of food and there's dehydration, there's you know, all of this sicknesses that comes with being homeless. and, you know,

this is video of that homecoming doctor haley sheikholeslami is a physician at sutter health in san carlos. she went to gaza on a volunteer medical mission. she was only supposed to be there for two weeks, but while she was there, the israeli military shut down the rafah border, leaving her stuck. >> i'm glad to be home. i'm glad to be with family, but there's a lot of people i left behind. they're not just patients, but also, you know, colleagues, coworkers who have not been able to evacuate yet. >> her family and local muslim organizations worked with the us state department to help get her home. >> 609 and we'll take you to our sutro tower camera, where it is sunny out there this morning. that sun is above the horizon. it's currently 53 degrees in the city with a light breeze right now coming out of the west at about 13mph, we're in store for a warm day filled with sunshine. looking at your weather wellness air quality is good today. tree pollen remains at moderate levels and your uv index is an eight out of 11 that is very high. so wear that sunscreen you can burn in less than about 20

san carlos doctor hal shackles sheikholeslami returned to the bay area this weekend. originally planned to spend two weeks providing medical care to people in the war torn region, but got stuck when the border was shut down. then medical supplies began to dwindle, worsening an already critical situation. >> we try to help patients as much as we can. it's hard when you don't have the tools to help patients or the patients you know who should be hospitalized but can't be because there's just no room for them. >> the doctor was able to secure a return after four weeks in gaza, she says. on her way back there was an airstrike near the clinic where she'd been working. >> our time is 807 today and tomorrow. all classes at uc santa cruz will be online because of a continuing campus strike. the strike is now a week old. yesterday, the protesters blocked the entrances to the campus and filled the streets with tents and dumped rocks, debris and paint onto the pavement. union academic workers say they're upset about how university leaders have responded to pro-palestinian protes