quentin somerville, bbc news, northern aleppo. you may have seen that donald trump is approaching his 100th day in office. while that milestone approaches so does another marker — the potential day the us — yet again — has a government shutdown. we can bring in our washington correspondent. we have been here before with a government shutdown and the americans do tend to go quite close before these things get resolved so how close is it that it could happen? at the moment, it all comes down to what president trump is putting in his proposed spending bill. one of the sticking points at the moment are his plans to build a wall with mexico. remember, during the campaign he said he would build a wall and mexico would pay for it but now it does not look like mexico will. he is trying to get funding for the wall into the bill. the price tag is something like $22 billion. but some republicans and democrats do oppose this. that is something that will be thrashed out as well as an increase in military spending. they could pass a temporary r

. >> the mayor in somerville that you are acting like a thug. where do you go with that? >> people enforcing laws like myself and insisting mayors or anyone else who decide to harbor or conceal someone under federal law, it is a felony punishable up to five years, those are the people who are the problem, and to enforce the laws. >> leaders of sanctuary cities should be arrested. the white house says they should lose federal funds. it goes back to this lawmaker who was going to give a heads up to illegals that ice agents are only crime was crossing the border they should protect those people. if you are talking people convicted of crimes, if they have broken the law since they have been in this country and convicted of it. that is 11 million people you're going to deport. neil: if ice agents are coming you would support that. >> giving them a heads of their coming to deport them and their only crime is being here illegally. >> you can't make those decisions when you are a public official, you can say i am warning you, you and you, everybody. that is tragedy, total tragedy

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. that stunning announcement today from the 51-year-old coach in portland. he said the pain and discomfort has suddenly gotten worse. ktvu azenith smith live for us in the newsroom. you spoke to fans of dub nation about the possibility of coach kerr might just miss the the rest of the post season? >> heather, fans knew something wasn't right when he missed game three last night due to an illness. he wasn't feeling well friday before the team headed to portland. he was experiencing this chronic back pain. fans say they're disappointed, but hopeful for a championship. as the golden state warriors look today sweep the portland trail blazers in the first round of nba playoffs. one person who won't be on the sidelines head coach steve kerr. his health has taken a toll. >> this past week for whatever reason things have gotten worse and my symptoms got worse. i was not able to coach. the last few days have been difficult with things getting worse. i just made the decision i couldn't coach. >>

i'm giving a speech. >> again that was frank somerville with ann coulter.h regard to the comment about bernie sanders, here is what he is saying. what are you afraid of, her ideas? ask the hard questions and con front her intellectually. shutting down events i don't think that works in any way. our web team has posted the full interview with ann coulter on the ktvu youtube page. >>> coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, the controversial bill being considered by california lawmakers. >>> an increase in tech workers leaving the bay area. up next, we speak with the co- founder of one of the only universities that offers a masters in internet business. how your clothes smell can say at lot about you. that's why new downy protect and refresh conditions fibers to lock out odors. so clothing odors don't do the talking for you. lock out odors with new downy protect and refresh. >> well, according to indeed, a search engine for job listings, there is an increase in tech workers looking for work outside of the hubs of silicon valley and san francisco. in a survey earlie

i'm julie haener. >> i'm frank somerville. bart says they have increased patrols in oakland after dozens of teenagers terrorized riders over the weekend. listen to the train operator here. >> i had maybe 30 kids board my train, beat up someone, rob them, then run off the train. >> this happened at 9:30 on saturday night at the coliseum station. police say the teenagers invaded a station and then ran on board a train taking purses, wallets, cell phones from passengers. >> the moment the doors open, they jumped on board and they committed seven robberies. six specifically on the train cart itself, one on the platform. >> two passengers were punched in the face and treated by paramedics for head injuries. so far police have received no reports of guns or other weapons being used. news about what happened spread quickly among bart riders today. >> i have been coming to this station for a long time for years. never knowing anything like that to happen.

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. the northbound lanes of highway 101 in san mateo are closed at this hour just before the highway 92 inner change. to get the latest on this developing news on ktvu jana katsuyama live on the scene. jana, what have you learned? >> reporter: well just a few minutes ago julie and frank, i got an update from the police captain who says they still have not identified the suspect. they're only saying he is an adult male. if you take a look behind me, i'm step out of the way so you can see why highway 101 is closed. this is the scene. they have brought out a big light because it is very dark out here. we have seen going through the san mateo police department, the district attorney's office investigators and the county coroner's office, all out here where they say three chp officers in three different vehicles pulled up and ended up firing their weapons. san mateo police cars and chp vehicles blocked all lanes of highway 101 north surrounding a dark pickup truck. a yellow tarp was nearby on

. >> and i'm frank somerville. libby schaaf is getting a jump on the competition even though the next election for mayor in oakland is still a year and a half away. ktvu monty francis at city hall tonight to explain why libby schaaf is jumping into the election so early. monty? >> reporter: at this point there are no other candidates in the race. schaaf tells me she just wants a chance to finish what she started. >> we have not only seen tremendous reduction. >> reporter: without any fanfare, oakland mayor libby schaaf met us out in the rain in front of city hall to share the news she is running for a second term. >> i wanted to announce early because i don't take anything for granted and i want voters to be very clear i am in this for the long haul. >> reporter: there's still 568 days until the election, but schaaf who is a strong supporter of hillary clinton says donald trump's first few weeks in office pushed her to make up her mind. >> the election of donald trump as our president is so disconcerning to me and

hello again everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener.utage started just after 9:00 this morning and power wasn't restored until 5:00 this evening. the outage left people stranded in elevators, forcing businesses to close early. the outage affected the area in red on this map including the northern part of the city as well as the financial district. >> ktvu's jana katsuyama is live now from the larkin substation in the tenderloin where pg&e crews think that project started. jana? >> reporter: frank and julie. i just got off the phone with the spokeswoman. here is the update as there is one thing to notice. there are people without power who said 136 people lost power at 6:30 on washington street. but they think that is unrelated working goat them power back by midnight. back here you can see behind me. they have the street closed off. they're going on 13 plus hours since the problem happened with a fire inside this larkin club station. they say they might have to have this closed all night as they continue to investigate. >> reporter: san

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. the problem started with the heavy rain at the beginning of the month. the collapsing hillside is behind the bay park retirement community in the 2600 block of athian way. ktvu jana katsuyama is live at the scene where their residents and family received a briefing today. jana? >> reporter: julie, you can see behind me the fencing and these keep out signs. just on the other side of the fence it drops down the hill. what happens about three weeks ago the concrete started to buckle and then gave way. collapsing down the way. you can see all of this debris and the light post that came down leaving a big mess and a lot of concerns about what could happen next. they blocked off what used to be a road and parking lot, but heavy rains have washed away the hillside behind the bay park retirement community in pinole. a massive collapse that has crept up to the edge of the building, which houses some 80 seniors. nearby homeowners are concerned about the danger of more erosion. >> i just walked

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. in the past there's been complaints about bad behavior. tons of trash, even violence. but this year's 420 gathering went off without a hitch. ktvu's amber lee live at golden gate park after seeing how things went this time around. amber? >> reporter: julie, we're at the spanian street entrance at golden gate park. judging by what we saw, things went smoothly, considering the size of the crowd that was here. that announcement came around 5:00 p.m. when organizers turned off the d.j. music and informed the crowd the event had ended. >> we are going to close. please go home safe. >> reporter: clothing store owner alex aquino is among the group of organizers who spent $150,000 to say what are necessary improvements to the 420 festival. >> we don't want it to go away. it's a celebration. >> reporter: aquino says the merchants paid for the new fencing with an entry gate, porta potties. >> it is safer. the vibe was way more positive. >> i like it. i think next year honestly i'm predicting th

this time we went to somerville, south carolina and we're standing by with the latest from there.et's get to some of the main concerns there and how trump supporters are viewing the president's performance so far. what did you find? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, alex. we stopped actually after lindsey graham's town hall over in charleston a few miles down the road yesterday and we came up here last name to somerville. i'm going to play you a little bit of sound. it's pretty mixed. you have some trump supporters and some people who did not vote for donald trump. here's their take last night. >> i think he's just a figure head just like any other political aspect of america and all it is is just, hey, i'm just trying to make money. he's collecting our tax dollars and making money for himself and building an empire for himself. >> he's making awesome changes and i think it's a complete turnaround. they're doing polls asking people if they want to work together and that's exactly what we need. >> i think it's so early, we have a long way into the administration to go. i think suppo

i'm julie haener. >> i'm frank somerville. on one side of the street are those who say the cancellation van coulter's speech is an assault on first amendment rights. on the other side of the street those who say this isn't about free speech this is about stopping the spread of a message of hate. we want to show you live pictures from sky fox. you can see the crowd is very small from what it was before. on one side berkeley high, on the other side at the top of the screen, that he civic center park just to the left. you can't seat but there were police lining the street. no longer. a very different situation from what it was earlier today. >> we get live team coverage now. ktvu's tara moriarty has been with demonstrators all day. first, ktvu's jesse gary where you just saw another arrest being made by police. >> reporter: julie, that's right. just to answer frank's point, police are still here, just not in the street. they're off to my right. this is the side where the folks who invited ann coulter to speak, she didn't come so

. >> i'm frank somerville. >>> first we have breaking news from walnut creek. a homicide investigation is now underway after a woman was shot and killed. it happened about 1:30 this afternoon on the 1900 block of first avenue, not far from the lindsey wildlife experience. police are holding a news conference. >>> now to berkeley where hundreds of demonstrators who had planned to hear a speech by conservative commentator ann coulter are rallying. >> jesse gary sat civic center park where the day-long event has gone without any violence. >> reporter: that's true. it just wrapped up. as a matter of fact, right when you were reading that intro, they turned off the microphone. i'll move out of the way. it's close quarters here in civic center park but they're just now starting to wrap up after the speeches that started around 2:00 in the afternoon and just wrapped up. there's been no violence. it's been a very peaceful afternoon. there were fears that violence would come after two opposing viewpoints clashed near the cal berkeley campus in the past. the riot was so

we're bringing you the latest, the new 11:00 news will kick off with frank somerville and julie haener. right after the 10:00 news. we hope you'll join us. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> drones are now banned in parts of sacramento county. the district made the decision earlier this week to ban them in certain county parks. the chief park raerng said he pushed for the ban to keep people and some animals from getting hurt. they understand the safety concerns. >> right now it's like almost like the wild west out here where someone can just pick up a drone. do whatever they please. they can go fly it recklessly. >> anyone caught flying a drone at parks in sacramento county will be fined $54. >>> j.c.penny's now plans on delaying closures. they announced the store closures. the effected stores have seen better than expected sales. store closures won't begin until july 31st. the only bay area store due to close is in richmond in the hill top mall. >>> the fcc announced the winners of an auction of broadcast airways as it repurposes the television spectrum for broad band. t-mobile is the big winner. the company

. >> i'm frank somerville in tonight for ken wayne. >> for the first time in french history no party candidate will claim victory there. officials have begun counting votes in an election that could put the future of the european union at stake. they say the turnout was more than 69% and the results eliminated candidates from both the socialist and conservative parties that have helped out since the end of world war ii. >> the front runner is casting his ballot in this video here. he is considered an unconventional senturist helping the weaker countries. >> it is your duty to continue to pursue this vibrant commitment. never give up or forget those months. >> the runner-up is conservative lapenne supporting a national agenda. and she is also strongly against immigration and would rekindle relations with russia. >> it is time to pray to french people. i'm the candidate of the people. >> the two finalists are expected to go head to head. >> promising what the white house calls a big announcement this week on tax reform. they will try to lower expectations. >> reporter: the administrati

it happened yesterday near highway 4 near the somerville's exit. three people suffered minor injuries. they say this is the second time in recent months that a car hit a county fire truck while it was responding to a call. another driver died after crashing into the back of an unoccupied caltrans truck at around 3-clirt this morning in hayward. chp says the driver was speeding, suddenly veered and hit the truck on southbound 880 near within the ton avenue where there's ongoing zruks construction. it hit debris flying and hit two construction worksers. they're expected to be okay. >>> if you went shopping today you might pay aby the more. pleasant hill, martinez, newark and east palo alto. they started in assistant cruz county. they ploon to use the new revenue to build a city hall, police station and public library. at least one tax payer advocacy group say it hurt local businesses. california smokers also began big a little deeper today to pay for a new tobacco tax. they were at a smoke shop in san francisco and they will pay an extra $2 per voefr

hello everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. terrorism was not the motive. but the suspect's own post on social media paints a disturbing portrait of a man motivated by hate. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: this is the suspect 39-year-old kori ali muhammad in a rap video posted to youtube. in this song and his post on social media, he expressed a hatred of white people, encouraging, "black warriors to mound up against white devils." althea victims -- all three victims were white men. two were shot outside catholic charities. a third man was a pg&e employee riding in a company trudge we also learned he may have made that -- riding in a company's vehicle, we also learned he may have made that same statement. >> reporter: despite those statements from muhammad, fresno police chief don't believe the shooting rampage was an act of terrorism. >> we do not believe based on the information we have today this is a terrorist-related crime. based on the information we've been provided and our investigation has shown is that this is solely based on race. >> reporter: in his pos

. >> i'm frank somerville. highway 101 in san mateo is closed today after three officers fired on one suspect. it closes all northbound lanes of 101 just south of the highway 92 inner change where they shot and killed the suspect around 5:30 tonight. ktvu jana katsuyama is live with more information for us. jana? >> reporter: frank and julie, i checked in and we still are not getting any information as to when this highway is going to reopen. i called the coroner's office to find out if they would make any defecation. they are still out here trying to finish up this investigation. so we do not know who that suspect is who is killed in this officer-involved shooting. three chp officers arrived here in three different vehicles, they fired their weapons. the scene is still blocked now, nearly six hours later. san mateo police cars says chp vehicles blocked all lanes of highway 101 north surrounding a dark pickup truck. a yellow tarp was nearby on the ground. one suspect dead. in what police say was an officer-invo

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. >> good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener, the berkeley college republicans announced they are canceling ann coulter's speech in the interest of safety, cut she tweeted herself i am sad about the cancellation but my sadness is greater than that as it is a dark day for free speech in america this is the latest in a weeklong tug-of-war between uc berkeley and the college of republicans last week they wanted to postpone the speech due to safety concerns, the student group and ann coulter insisted the speech would go on, students filed a lawsuit monday saying that uc berkeley is violating their rights, yesterday another sponsor of the speech pulled out also citing safety issues, rob roth was on the cal campus today when officials organizers and police spoke out about the event . >> reporter: whether it is considered free speech or hate speech, in the end there will be no speech, ann

somerville are and some are not. this is a big here is barry trotz. >> this is who wants it more?> you all go at it and play hard. whoever wants it more will win. you need breaks and opportunities. we didn't cash in on the opportunities. we are down. robert: people will come to verizon and go home with a souvenir. for me this is for wiping my farehead. i sweat a lot when i get nervous. jonathan: don't be nervous. they will win. michelle: all right. we're cheering for them. michael phelps isn't ruling out a come back to swimming. the winningst athlete tells the press he is enjoyed being married and being a dad but the maryland native says he could hop back in the pool if he gets the itch. he won 28 gold. jonathan: fish out of water. get back in there. win more gold. don't expect to see serena williams on the court. you know why? she's pregnant. congratulations. she made the announcement with a snapchat post. how else do you announce it? she is 25 weeks along, 35 years old and just got engaged in december. congratulations. that is fantastic news. michelle: cloudy and cool. you can s

. >> and i'm frank somerville, we will get to the story in just a moment but first we begin with breaking news, major delays in the eastgate -- east bay to twitter bart culture a man is threatening to jump from an elevated platform, a bus bridge is in place between lafayette and pleasant hill, there is the man. a live look from skyfox at the lafayette station, the crowd is smaller than it was one hour ago but there is still a long line waiting for buses so people can expect potential major delays of up to 30 minutes before they can get on the bus, bart says trains are running through the walnut creek station but only on a single track and they are not stopping, disclosure as the minister can to jump from the walnut creek station disclosure is causing major delays, ali anna gomez is at the bart station to tell us more. >> we are here at the lafayette bart station i want to give you a look at the line from the ground this is the line, many people are just getting off of work they have arrived at the lafayette bart station to have been taken off the train now they are waiting to get on a bus

i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. a small crowd is gathered in san francisco's mission district tonight. today, the district attorney announced those officers would not face criminal charges, citing evidence, and interviews. we get the developing news now from ktvu's debora villalon. >> reporter: about a dozen protesters are still out here, undeterred by the drizzle, they are blocking valencia street at 17th street as police look on. this group holds weekly vigils for amilcar perez-lopez. >> what do we do? we fight back. >> reporter: protesters say they won't give up or go away. outraged the shooting of a young guatemalan immigrant has been justified. >> it is a shock, and it has opened up some very deep wounds in the community. >> reporter: the district attorney describes his decision as transparent and painstaking. >> in total, more than three dozen civilians provide us statements regarding the shooting. >> reporter: saying amilcar perez-lopez chased a man down the street. experts created an animated reenactment of

officials have made it clear they don't want the conservative figure to show up but she told our frank somervilleyesterday that her speech will go on. >>> how police and city officials are preparing today that's on the four on two. >> take a look at wall street yesterday. we are out of the gates with another day on tuesday. the dow about to close and it's up 240 plus points with news of tax cuts looming in washington. >>> bottle rock napa valley is known for its music. and some people are just here to show off their cooking skills. domestic diva martha stuart will be there. also in attendance will be the iron chef. the cooking events are known for matching cooks with celebrities and the past the iron chef taught snoop dog how to roll sushi. this year's celebs include joey chess nut and mark ybanez. a wealth of knowledge in the sports world and the bay area in general. >> forget about it. >>> we want to thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you. check this out at facebook.com. >> have ray great day. break through your allergies. try new flonase sensimist instead of

supposed to start boot camp this summer after graduating from high school peer good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener, the teenager died suddenly yesterday during a physical training exercise, alyana gomez joins us from brentwood where the training was taking place. >> reporter: good evening, i am told the exercise was part of his weekly routine every tuesday and thursday he would come to veterans park in brentwood to perform a number of drills such as leg kicks and bear crawls something he has done several times which is why his sudden death has people puzzled. 17-year-old floyd was tall fit and seemingly healthy, he ran track and played for the high school football team. >> i would go to the game he was good. >> last december he joined the marine corps delayed entry program as a recruit specializing in field artillery, he was just beginning to work out with fellow recruits at veterans park when police say he collapsed. >> one of the recruits ran to a nearby water park where one of our own city employees jumped into action and started cpr.>> floyd did not make it, news came

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. bart said today's power problem quickly took 22 cars out of service. the problem spot between the north concord and pittsburgh bay point stations. right now bart is using limited shuttle trains and buses to get passengers back and forth to get the developing news. leigh martinez is live at north concord with the very latest, leigh? >> reporter: just a couple of minutes ago bart put in longer nine-car trains back into service. more or less of tech trains just to see if they make it all the way to pittsburgh without any problems. and now bart officials, they suspect the same electrical problems that plagued the season last spring is back. last year the trains were breaking down from a mysterious electrical train. they are the newer cars. the a and b cars recently that their systems upgraded. but now all the trains today, a, b, and c were effective. bart passengers arriving at the north concord station friday evening found themselves having to exit one train to take another one on the op

. >> and i'm frank somerville, the nightmare commute for thousands of passengers is starting to unwindbreaking news is happening in contra costa county, these are live pictures from skyfox over the walnut creek station where the man was brought down after a four-hour standoff trains are now running again. alyana gomez is at the lafayette station where passengers were forced to get off the trains .>> reporter: it was very chaotic for a period of time but bart had several people out here including supervisors letting people know what to do, a lot of people they were hearing what was going on while on the train so they were expecting some delay. as you can see people are coming off the train at the lafayette bart station not as busy as it was 30 minutes ago when the delays were happening. people are resuming as normal the buses have left because there is no longer a line to wait for the buses in fact the moment that service resumed they said you can get back on the train and go back out to walnut creek and hundreds left the line and got back on the train, everybody is taking it in stride

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm heather holmes in for julie. these powerful storms are pounding the oakland hillside where three homes are red tagged and more could follow. this slide is in shepherd canyon on a steep hill above monclair village. debora villalon is live there now with what homeowners are up against. >> reporter: from the front you can see a stream of water come by and the front of the home is very muddy. but when you go around their backyard it is absolutely a wreck. a patio submerged in mud, it'll be a while before anyone lounges out here again. the wet earth came sliding down leaving banning street with a big expensive mess. >> reporter: this homeowner is red tagged after getting a look. one of three homes, too unsafe to occupy. mud as high as five feet pressing against them. >> it might have gone into the back bedroom into a part of the second bedroom. the whole backyard. >> reporter: you can see how it mowed down everything on the slopes before crashing in the houses. >> reporter: those who live on the upper road are glad th

. >> i'm frank somerville. it will go on even though the university says they can't accommodate the event. >> reporter: the college republicans say they think they're being treated unfairly, they're cosponsoring this with another college group, berkely u.s.a. the decision was made by top administrators and the police who felt they had serious safety concerns. uc berkely college republicans say they will bring in conservative pundit, and "new york times" best seller author ann coulter. >> the fact that there's a slight threat of left wing agitators. we've had our last three events canceled because of this. >> reporter: it says the university supports the first amendment, but we need to first work together to determine if a suitable event is available at that time. >> if we had had adequate time to work with the berkely republicans to organize this event, to work with the police to do the assessment they had to do, i'm pretty confident this would be happening. >> reporter: ann coulter talked with tucker carlson o

we went to somerville, north carolina, this weekend.k to us about what the residents are saying. >> good morning, alex. we're in south carolina this morning. we've been to several town halls. this is the flower festival to try to gauge some thoughts on where the trump administration is right now politically in the minds of the people. we've been from colorado to kansas, across the country and back on the east coast and particularly wanted to ask about russia and whether that's changed our opinion about the trump administration at all. here's what a few of them said this morning. >> that's bucket malarkey. i don't believe none f that grab. they fweefb to blame somebody. >> i feel like they've photo bring our country together as a whole and focus on more reality and work on name calling and ridiculing each other and fighting. >> i worked all my life since i was 15 and you've got to do what's right for us. it's not the people who have. it's the people who are in the middle. you know, i'm a middle of the road person and income. >> she says

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. police and friends of that missing woman trying to get the word out about her disappearance. ktvu's debora villalon is live now on the sausalito water front with the mystery around ashley wells. debora? >> reporter: julie, the posters are up. 26-year-old ashley wells lives on a boat here. friends say she knows her way around the water and they don't know what to make of her disappearance. >> she is is kind of a free spirit, so she may have gone for a kayak ride late that evening by choice. >> reporter: sausalito police don't want to assume the worst. after a night out with a friend bar hopping a bit, ashley wells kayaked out to the boat her friend lives on, then took the kayak to get to the boat she stays on, a a few piers a-- a few piers away. >> from the location where she would have gone inlet maybe 200 to 300 yards. >> reporter: wells never made it and the kayak that looks like this one has not been found either. conditions calm that night, but the tide was going out a strong curr

. >> i'm frank somerville. it is president trump's first big foreign policy decision a little more than four hours ago the trump administration retaliated for this week's chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 civilians. many of whom were women and young children. this is what we know right now. 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were launched today. tonight president trump said the strike was against the national security interest of the united states. and we have late word that the strike has resulted in some deaths. that's according to syrian officials. >> azenith smith is live in the newsroom with how the president justified the decision and the latest on tonight's strike. >> reporter: well frank and heather, the strike severely damaged facilities. u.s. officials said the russians were given advance warning of the strike and the u.s. took precautions not to hit any russian targets. tonight president trump announced the indication a brief statement from hissest -- announced in a brief statement from his e

nbc's von hilliard, thank you in somerville, south carolina, good to get a sense of what's happeningn the ground. >>> headed back to washington it's setting up big to be a big week for judge neil gorsuch. he faces his first vote a vote in the senate judiciary committee. and the democrats are gearing up for a fight, they're ready to test mitch mcconnell and to see if he'll use the so-called nuclear option to confirm gorsuch. this morning on "meet the press" mcconnell shifted the liability to the other side of the aisle. >> well, i can tell you is that neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week. how that happens depends on the democratic friends. >> later, chuck schumer made his argument for the 60 vote threshold. >> on the most important of decisions, 60 votes is called for. that's why you get a -- that's how you get a mainstream justice. highly unlikely he'll get 60. >> democratic senator joe d donnelley of indiana announced his support of gorsuch this afternoon. that makes three democrats who are up for election in 2018. joining me is brian darling and columnist at the observer and el

quentin somerville, bbc news, northern aleppo.35 others, when he drove a car across westminster bridge, before fatally stabbing a policeman in parliament. but investigators believe masood acted alone, in planning and carrying out the attack. the nature of terror acts here in the uk and across europe has changed in recent years, and ensuring the legislation is up to date, and fit for purpose, is the duty of the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, he's max hill qc, who took over just a few weeks before the westminster attack happened. hejoins me now. cani can i start with the dreadful attack, now that the police have concluded most of the elements of what they were looking at. more thoughts on the way that people dealt with that and the way it was reported? it was a horrible attack and a horrible event. all 82 seconds of it, and ourfirst and a horrible event. all 82 seconds of it, and our first thoughts and a horrible event. all 82 seconds of it, and ourfirst thoughts have to be with those who died and the many who were i

at this point, the first goes to somerviller and they enter the trenches. and they fire the first shot at the germans. they are bound by their wire. they cannot go past the wire. so they do not watch raids, but they learn what it is like to hold a frontline sector. it is a quiet sector. it has not moved much since the first months of the war. the inevitable happens. on november 3, early morning hours. as battalions are rotating, they did ten-day tors. the second battalion of the 15th and jeffrey that every tree is struck by the germans. and they launch a trench raid and i think as many of you know, the first three americans are killed in that raid. and that is a photograph of the funeral, the french general given the eulogy. i think 11 were captured and more injured. they then rotate the next battalion and after a month they all rotate back in december. now, at this point there are three more divisions -- u.s. divisions in france. they're getting ready to go into the front-line trenches. the first division has finished their second phase of training and gen

when i was at the law school after the war -- i used to see him in somerville -- they told me a story about johnson and full right. william fall right in the vietnam hearings. and figuringght second momentum to the counter narrative. fulbright -- this is the last meeting that he had personally was trying to- he convince johnson not to fight in south vietnam. he goes through his arguments. johnson discusses his bill, i've got this, you've got to understand. what makes the story -- do you guys know about lyndon johnson and the treatment? he was a big man with big hands and to use them. he would go like this, have i got your vote? the other thing you do is this, big hands and he would squeeze. this time it was fulbright who goes over, squeezes johnson's knee, looks him in the eye and says, but lynn, they are not our kind. this is william fulbright, the arkansas southern segregationist . look up fulbright and board first is brown. this is lyndon johnson who in the united states is putting and -- and into jim crow segregation. when it comes to these people on the other side of the world --

it looks like it went over the dumbarton bridge,s havitying somerville and cupertino.h, there's fog there. i can see some of that fog there. cloudy to mostly cloudy fog. light rain drizzle. tomorrow, clearing. the wind will pick up. warmer heading into the weekend. it looks nice with a few low 80s for a few. the bulk of the system is moving into nevada. then a low will form. this will be a major severe player as it moves out of texas. scenes of big time rain and the ag belts. so if you have travel plans, keep track of this system. for us, after today it gets out of here. 50s to 60s on the temps. very mild. lows are running much lower. 2 to 8 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. 50 up to kelseyville. petaluma, 56. west/southwest the wind is blowing. it looks like not much in the way of snow. even up in the high country, just rain. wind vise e, southern california on the deserts, speaking of, just near l.a. so the grapevine and the high desert. for us, this is the last system in the series. then everything will change. i will get out of the way so you can see the whole pict

now, ann coulter talked to frank somerville about the controversy. >> ann coulter wants to promote anncome here and she is going to come here on thursday and try to insight people. >> i know people like to say that. they always like to say that. it could not be -- i mean, in some sense, i mean, i write books. i'm trying to change people's minds about things. there's a promotional aspect. in particular, the idea that i'm trying to get publicity off of this event could not be further from the truth on the facts. i mean, for one thing, you don't want to give me publicity, i have an idea, don't shut down my speech. >> you can see more of the one on one interview with ann coulter by going to the ktvu youtube page. >>> well, the albany unified school district is holding a meeting to address issues of racism on the campus. 11 students were suspended last month because of racist messages on social media. the incidents sparked protests on campus. the principal announced he is resigning to take another job with the school district. >>> new this morning, a major announcement in the sport of nasca

i have called for the boston mayor and the mayor of somerville, massachusetts, saying they will violate federal law. was, act on title eight, and we will figure out how popular sanctuary cities will be in this country. >> exactly. aughan.d to ms. v to do have this section in mind when you major statement? >> yes. >> do you concur with the sheriff? >> i do. when a judge takes any illegal alien out a side door to avoid law enforcement agency receives a dictator that gives probable cause to hold a criminal alien and they have information on that individuals crime, they are shielding aliens from ice. >> when a judge facilitates that kind of escape from their chambers, you are suggesting this as a means to enforce. >> yes, there are penalties there. especially when that individual who was shouldered goes on to cause a further harm in the community and potentially creates new victims or does in fact after their release. we know it has happened. >> there is a means where this congress can act on their own without a presidential signature , and what i am thinking of is the impeachment of such j