. >> the simpson bay resort designated within a matter of minutes.and his friends spend the next four days rationenning until they make it off the island. >> it went from one bolt bottley to a cup of water. i prayed, god get me out of this. >> by saturday, he and others vacationenning made it on to a car go plane and out of the caribbean. >> i'm happy to be home. i'm happy to be alive. i'm fortunate i can go home. there are some people on the island of st. martin that no longer have a home because of hurricane irma. now, an amazing story, lucky to be alive, coworker lady bee was vacationenning with him and also made it out. jim? >> christie, thank you. >> in philadelphia tonight the latino organization met to form a plan on gathering charitable contributions from the delaware valley to get them to puerto rico. >>> help is still needed for those recovering from will your honohurricaneharvey as well to y for them and victims of hurricane irma. please join us for our hour long live telethon tomorrow night at 8:00 here on channel6. still to come, 16 year

michelle and charlie pratt were on the dutch side of the island also at simpson bay. >> what was it likeghtening. we thought we were going to perish together. >> it blew our doors and windows in. >> it blew the doors in and the walls were shaking. >> reporter: they took these videos of the devastation outside. soon, people began arriving from other hotels. and quickly, things went from bad to worse. >> our generator caught on fire. after they put the fire out, the people stole the generator. then they started stealing food from our fridge. then they beat up one tourist. hit him in the eye. >> the military came in and yelled for us all to get in. there were bank robbers and they ran into our section with their cars. the military were after them with the machine guns. >> reporter: the pratts and other guests say theyed to go word of evacuations. waiting in line for hours to make it on to a military plane. 200 others have been evacuated by cruise ship. >> adventure of the seas picked up 300 folks in st. martin. literally it was like the united nations. americans, canadians, europeans, peopl

dj touch tone says irma's violent winds ripped apart the simpson bay resort in a matter of minutes.and his friends spent the next four days rationing at the hotel before they could make it off the ravaged island. >> it got to appoint where it went from one bottle of water a day to a cup of water. i just sat and prayed god just get me out of this. >> a military cargo jet took dj touch tone and several other americans to puerto rico where they eventually made it out of the caribbean. he says he is happy to be home but his thoughts are with those on the islands who are now left with nothing. >>> abc is joining other networks tonight in a star-studded benefit to raise money for the victims of hurricanes irma and harvey. join us for the live telethon right here at 8:00 p.m. on 6abc. >> the engineer in that deadly amtrak derailment is due in court. the philadelphia district attorney had declined to file charges so then a judge ordered the case to move forward. when one of the victims' families filed a criminal complaint. bostian faces eight counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2015

the simpson bay resort was to be her dream birthday vacation. >> it went from the most beautiful resortto chaos to total destruction. >> reporter: the category 5 storm killed at least 37 people from barbuda -- >> this has been one of the worst days of my life, the entire country has been decimated. >> reporter: to st. martin to the virgin islands. now there are severe shortages of food, water and medicine. on sunday we left with the coast guard on a cutter as they rushed to st. thomas in the u.s. virgin islands to bring in needed supplies and to evacuate stranded americans to puerto rico. >> we'll have water, we'll have dry food, some clothes for kids in need and we also are dropping off federal agents to help with law enforcement and try to re-open the airport and the ports in st. defense says 4600 service members are helping with relief efforts in the virgin islands and puerto rico. while the lucky ones from another devastated island, st. martin, are evacuated by c-130s. what did it sound like as it was hiting. >> a sound i never want to hear again in my life. >> like an airplane engi

the simpson bay resort was to be her dream birthday vacation. now what is left will live on in her nightmares. >> it went from the most beautiful resort ever to chaos. to total destruction. >> reporter: the category five storm killed at least 37 people. from barbuda. >> this has been one of the worse days of my life. the entire country has been decimated. >> reporter: to st. martin, to the virgin islands. now there are severe shortages of food, water and medicine. we left with the coast guard on a cutter as they raced to st. thomas to bring in needed supplies and evacuate stranded americans to puerto rico. we're just coming into st. thomas, and you can see already the evidence of irma, because all of this used to be green. the leave the are no longer on the trees. many of the trees are down. destroyed. >> we'll have water. we'll have dry food, some clothes for kids in need and dropping off federal agents to help with law enforcement and try to reopen the airport and the ports in st. thomas. >> reporter: the department of defense says 4600 servic

dj touch tone says irma's violent winds ripped apart the simpson bay resort within a matter of minutesand his friends spent the next four days rationing at their hotel until they could make it off the ravaged island. >> it got to a point where it went from one bottle of water a day to a cup of water. i just sat and prayed god just get me out of this. >> and a military cargo jet took dj touch tone and several other americans to puerto rico where they made it out of the caribbean. he says he's happy to be home put his thoughts now are with all of those on the islands who are left with nothing. >> way to be. so many people can't leave. that's where they live. >> hard to imagine when you see these videos on the news how bad it's been. let's take a look at your morning commute right now. tacony-palmyra bridge scheduled to go up in just a little bit at 6:10 so maybe in about 20 minutes now so head to the betsy ross bridge instead. the burlington bristol is back down after an opening there. i want to show you regional rails because we've spotted a few trains late. one on the wilmington/newark

i was in simpson bay resort quite close to the airport and they were really as good as they could haveng. they try to get people to safe places. there was no food or water and electricity. everybody tried to rally together and rural residents from the island who lost their homes and came to try to help you tourists because they knew we were all in disarray because we had not been through this. just hearing about florida, my heart goes out to everyone there. you saw the good and bad, people littering but also people who wanted to help. how did you get from st maarten to puerto rico? we waited at the airport yesterday morning for about four hours in a queue where there seemed to be no information that people were stuck at the airport and we saw some us military planes coming in, so the queue starts going down and we were thinking positively, but we saw people getting pulled out of the line, non—us citizens, and you had to have aus non—us citizens, and you had to have a us passport to be able to board. there was a lot of british citizens and we were informed nor british citizens were on s

dj touch tone says irma's violent winds ripped apart the simpson bay resort within a matter of minutes next four days rationing at their hotel until they could finally make it off the ravaged island. >> it got to a point where it went from one bottle of water a day to a cup of water. i just sat and prayed god just get me out of this. >> a military cargo took them to puerto rico where they made it out of the caribbean and he says he's happy to be home but his thoughts are with those on the islands who were left with nothing. we'll be right back. i'm danny. you're danny? i'm steve. joseph, i'm steve. how are you? nice to meet you sir. no different from everyone else. they just want a job. they want respect and they want dignity. steve called fairly frantic. you know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. lauren brought out the best in me. she made me a different person. lauren's the spark that started the fire. the goal is keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability, have an opportunity for employment.

there's a lagoon at the back of simpson bay and boats have been queueing up for the last two days to genevieve, very good luck to you and i hope you stay safe. thanks for talking to us on breakfast. a 14—year—old boy has died after a double shooting in east london. coreyjunior davis and another boy, who's17, were found with gunshot injuries in forest gate on monday afternoon. the second victim is said to have life—changing injuries. police have launched a murder investigation. just half of dentists in england are accepting new nhs patients, according to research by the bbc. the british dental association said the figure was a disgrace and evidence of an emerging crisis in dental care. but the nhs says 95% of patients do manage to get an appointment. the archbishop of canterbury has warned that the uk's economic model is broken as wages stagnate. justin welby is a member of the commission behind a report published today by the institute for public policy research. it says the country faces the longest period of stagnating earnings for 150 years. 13 people have been rescued after becom

upper 70 simpson beach. east bay upper 80s. low 90s expected in areas like antioch and brinton -- brentwood. 90 degrees san jose, 89 cupertino, upper 80s redwood city, 82 san francisco, upper 70s daly city, pacifica, half moon bay. temperatures will continue to warm wednesday into thursday. thursday it looks like temperatures will peak. numbers do not come down a whole lot. 80s around the bay, low 90s inland.>>> there is nothing like san francisco in the 80s. it gets all of the snow -- smells active. >>> one of the hottest musical acts around is skipping the bay area because of the mandatory curfew. ed sheeran tentatively planned to perform at the home of the 49ers. his 2018 u.s. tour will begin at the rose bowl in pasadena, and then goes to seattle, and pasadena. san francisco failed to get santa clara to extend the 10 pm curfew. sharon's agents told the city that there was no way he would be done before 10:00 so the concert was called off.>>> educating high school students and their parents about the dangers of online activit

and marilyn simpson wright for her work for those starting over in the bay area. >> that woman gave upr 700 pints of blood over a number of years. god bless. >>> smugglers using some elaborate tricks to bring a deadly drug here in the united states. coming up next, we'll go behind the scenes at jfk airport where workers are fighting to intercept drugs being shipped through the mail. stay with us. every morning, i thought i had to make a choice. do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth or one... ...that's good for my teeth? now i don't have to choose! my dentist told me about new crest whitening therapy. so, i tried it! from crest 3d white comes new whitening therapy. it's our best whitening technology. plus, it has a fortifying formula to protect your enamel. now i get a whiter smile and healthy teeth, all in one. the 3d white collection from crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. >>> the front line in the war against the opioid crisis gripping the united states is actually at a major u.s. airport. law enforcement working to stop the problem at the source focusing on incoming in

from saving lives to helping refugees rebuild, marilyn simpson is the international services hero for her work assisting those starting over in the baywo people in a car were given a second chance in a life thanks to benjamin sebastian he jumped into the bay to get a passenger and driver to safety after their car went into the frigid water at the san leandro marina he is being recognized as the good samaritan hero. heather holmes, ktvu fox 2 news silicon valley technology soon will help to fight urban graffiti, in san jose a contest was held and the winners were a husband and wife team who devised a way to outfit drones with spray paint allowing them to cover over spray painting in those hard to cover up spots. it will be cheaper than thousands spent every year to remove graffiti, the prototypes must be perfected, there are hopes to have them busy removing graffiti by next summer. >>> somebody stole the show during a symphony performance in italy. >> [ music ] >> that is a robot leading an orchestra during the performance. the humanoid robot was designed to introduce the festival of robotics he conducted three pieces the flexibility

simpson is the international services hero. for her work to assist those starting over here in the bay area.e in a car were given a second chance thanks to benjamin sebastian. he jumped into the bay to get a driver and passenger to safety. after the car careened into the water at the san leandro marina. he is recognized as the good samaritan. >> i have been emceeing this event for several years. i look forward to celebrating this set of honorees. it is always so nice and how humble they are. they all make the same claim. i'm not a hero i just did what anyone would do. the fact is that they are. they go above and beyond. >>>>> as we had outside we get a break from the wild weather we have been experiencing the last couple of weeks. thunderstorms this morning. a couple days ago. outside it is cloudy. we had patchy fog. the storms in lake tahoe. our thunderstorms this morning. this one woke up a lot of people. a lot of people like myself -- i don't get up until 7:30 am. here is a 5:06 am britain what. this is this morning. then you see a cell by clear lake. look how widely scattered in fremont

simpson is the international services hero. for her work to assist of those starting over the bay area. to people in a car were given a second chance thanks to benjamin sebastian. he jumped into the bay to get a driver and passenger to safety after the car careened into the water at the san leandro marina. he is recognized as the good samaritan hero. >>> benjamin whenever that happened -- he did not want anyone to know it was him. he wanted to remain anonymous. red cross found out. they have the pleasure of meeting him and the other honorees tomorrow. >> that one woman donated how much blood? >> 780 units. each one can save up to 80 people. she hasn't -- she has a golden arm.>> good for her. >>> over 1 million americans have lupus including selena gomez. who underwent a kidney transplant. the latest on this mystery disease.>>> shower threat -- lots of sunshine for your thursday afternoon. a bit of a warming trend on friday. we will talk about your weekend outlook coming up. >>> selena gomez is recovering from a kidney transplant. she is in a hospital bed next to her best friend who was

(pam) john langeler reports on when simpson will be set free and has an exclusive interview with his former business partner. (pam) in the south baysan jose city hall is hoping to use drones .... as a way to erase graffiti. kron four's rob fladeboe reports on the new technology that could save the city millions of dollars. this is the prototype of a graffiti fighting drone that is designed to take on hard to reach graffiti tags like these that have been painted over time and again on freeways across the bay area. caltrans for one is very interested.bob haus/caltrans "....you have to remember that every dollar we spend removing graffiti is a dollar we don't spend on fixing potholes..." it's development funded in part by the city of san jose, the drone, demonstrated for the first time in public today, has won first prize in the city's unleash your geek competition. inventors candace marbury and chris farmer are both residents of downtown san jose which see's it's share of graffiti.chris farmer/co-developer of graffiti drone".....it's very gratifying to have found a solution to something we see every day and to have made a difference

helping the refugees rebuild their lives, marilyn simpson ride is the international services hero for her work in assisting those starting over in the baya. two people in a car were given a second chance at life thanks to benjamin sebastian who jumped in the bay to get this driver and passenger the safety after the car careened into the frigid waters and recognize as the good samaritan hero. heather holmes ktvu fox 2 news. >>> here is that chocolate we want. that makes me laugh a lot. >> the entire police department is eating up social media after posting photos in their work in the irma recovery effort and turning that addition and to help for the community. don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. it helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause symptoms. pills block one and 6 is greater than 1. flonase changes everything. >>> the california drivers are paying the highest gas prices in the country in the aftermath of hurricane harvey, up $.20 over the past few weeks and aaa says that the texas storm temporarily set down about one quarter of th

nine, we spoke with puerto ricans here in the bay area who have loved ones on the island struggling to get by.stand by for a live report. plus, when o-j simpsonected to be released from prison...and what the hall of famer and san francisco native plans to eat and buy once he's free.((grant))and... meteorologist brittney shipp has your four zone forecast. keep it right here...kron 4 news at nine starts after the break. (grant) san juan mayor's desperate plea for help.... now nine days after hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico... and people across the island are áástill in dire need of resources... saying help is simply not coming fast enough....(grant) thanks for joining us, i'm grant lodes...(pam) and i'm pam moore, in for vicki liviakis... millions of people still without power ... some areas are in desperate need of medical treatment... the white house insists ... it is providing all the necessary supplies and manpower - but some on the ground say, it is not enough. (grant) reporter omar jimenez is in puerto rico. the story of puerto rico in

bay area news. >> a lot of questions there, thank you very much, robert. >>> after nine years behind bars, o.j. simpson could be free on parol as early as monday, the first weekday in october. >> and the exact date of his release is still not known, simpson will likely switch prisons right before his release. here's nbc's jill frier. >> i do vote to grant parol. >> thank you. >> reporter: two months after o.j. simpson was granted parol, nevada is now preparing for as much anticipated release though state officials will not confirm in simpson's parol plan has been approved. right before his release, it's expected simpson will be moved from the correctional center his home the passed nine years to another prison, high desert state prison outside of las vegas. >> i basically have been a conflict-free life. >> reporter: it was during the parol hearing of the century, a live tv spectacle in july that the former football star won his release. promising to behave after he was convicted for the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers. >> i could easily stay in nevada, but i don't think you guys want me

bay area basketball teams have been caught up. a student athlete at louisville is being pulled from all ncaa actives including practice and games as a result of this probe. >>> oc.j. simpson could be a fre man as soon as monday. he spent almost nine years in a las vegas prison for armed robbery. the prison said it's finalizing the paper for his release. the process could be finished as soon as as monday. he'll be supervised by the nevada division of parole. >>> can you give us goodching t weekend. >> a lot of folks didn't want this hot weather we had most recently and over the next two days. much more noticeable changes in the atmosphere. live look right now. we have been bringing you the breaking news coverage. that was shut down. check out how fast traffic is moving at the current moment. you get full coverage after that at nbcbayarea.com. the good news for drivers while they were stuck there for around eight hours is the high temperature was 83. that helps a bit. right now we're dropping to 79 in emeryville. you can see the ocean kicks at 60s as soon as 10:00 p.m. tonight. coming back to the immediate coastline. that's going to start to develop some fog. we think we mi

bay we have had a long stretch with a warm september. temperatures are changing a little bit near the end and we will take that into october. >>> it is 6:51 am. >>> o. j. simpsonould soon be walking out of the novato prison in the reason those working at the prison are reluctant to share specifics about the former football star. >>> a new art exhibit that has a powerful message, the story behind these portraits when we return. ♪ keeping up. it takes hard work, tight budgets and a little support. and pg&e is ready to do our part. our care program can save you 20% or more on your monthly bill. it just takes a few minutes to apply and you'll see the savings on your next bill. when having a little extra can mean a lot ...turn to care. go to pge.com/care and enroll today. . >>> welcome back to ktvu news, all of the news, weather and information you need to know throughout your day. >>> a tragedy in yosemite flat park, one climber was killed, another was hurt, this happened yesterday afternoon on a water fall route, the rock that fell was said to be as big as an apartment building. look at this photo, you can see a puff of smoke as the rock slide was happening, the

simpson would say hmmm donuts. ainsley: that's true. todd piro is at daddy maxwell's in women's bayove the donuts as producers know if i get too much sugar it's not good for anybody. these folks are amped as well. we will start with mark. mark is a big trump and a big paul ryan supporter. but, he says mr. ryan needs to learn how to play with the new guy in the sandbox. why do you say that? >> well, politicians don't like outsiders playing their game. so at this point they are at a point where they don't know how to deal with them. and they don't like the idea that somebody who is a nonpolitician is involved in their profession. todd: had you a great analogy to a basketball team. why don't you tell the viewers that. >> in hig high high school if yu have a new guy move in town and make the bask. they like the pass the ball to each other but don't like to pass the ball to the new guy. todd: you say they need to pass the ball to president trump. >> that's right. todd: small business owner says guys we need to stop the fighting we need tax reform in order to grow. why do you say that? >>

simpson is set to be released from prison in a matter of days. what o-j wants to eat and buy - once he's a free man. (catherine) but first, a shooting in the south bay leaves one person dead - and the gunman remains at large. details right after the break. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break. (grant) san rafael police have arrested a 15-year-old boy. they say he attacked and groped a woman on a jogging path. this is a sketch... that officers originally released after the incident. it happeend in pickle-weed park and near a target store back in june. police say a 46-year-old woman was grabbed at least three times. she fought back and was able to escape. he was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery. (catherine) happening now... police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a man at a san jose apartment. (grant) it happened last night around 9... at the apartment complex. kron four's lydia pantazas has more now on what happened. those steps behind me lead directly to the apartment where this happened.police have confirmed that they are investigating this as a possible home