so with that, i will turn it over to peter somerville. >> give me one second here. all right. sorry about that. for the record, peter somerville, here to provide you with an overview, like bob said, of the history of the cover murals. to be quick, about a artist himself. he was a noted mexican painter. illustrator of the mid- to 20th century. enjoyed early success in america doing car rickures in the new yorker. he continued through the '20s, '30s, '40s, and up to his death in the '60s. he played an important role in the establishment of the mexican national dance program. so you will see a lot of his various interests reflected in the murals themselves. the murals themselves, he expected a commission to create a set of maps of the pacific region that would be displayed. each of the murals is actually an assembly of specific panels. there were six overall, four of which are 12 panels each, 16 feet by 24 feet, and two of which are four panels each, 9 feet by 14 feet. i thought this was an interesting quote from the ggie at the time of his letter, soliciting covarrubias that giv

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.he victims killed in yesterday's massacre at marjory stoneman douglas high school as the first vigils were held. tonight a sea of candles to honor the victims. these images from a couple of hours ago as thousands of people including students and parents turned out to begin the healing process. >> the broward county sheriff today identified the 17 people who were killed yesterday saying all of their families have now been notified. they include young athletes with scholarships to college and several school staff members including an assistant football coach who died while shielding students from the gunfire. >> also today, 19-year-old nikolas cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. arrest records show he confessed to the killing. he is now being held without bond. >> investigators say he took an uber to campus yesterday. he shot into five classrooms on the first and second floors, before

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. president trump hosted a listening session this afternoon at the white house with students and others affected by gun violence. about 40 people attended the emotional hour-long meeting including 6 students from parkland, florida, and their parents. parents of children killed in the school shootings at columbine high school in colorado and at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut also attending. the president listened as survivors and parents spoke out. >> you can't even think about it. like, it doesn't even seem real still. everything seems sick. i don't really -- i can't even -- i don't even know what's going on. it's just crazy. everything happening, it's just so tragic. >> never, ever will i see my kid. i want it to sink in. my beautiful daughter i'm never going to see again. and it's simple. it's not -- we could fix it. >> god bless you all. >> along with stronger background checks and raising the age for buying assault guns, the president suggested that allowing concealed c

this happened on west somerville avenue just before 7:00 o'clock last night.olice rushed to the scene and found a man on the corner with multiple stab wounds. so far there have been no arrests in this case and there is still no clear motive either. >>> stay with us everyone. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight, black panther smashes records at the box office. plus, actress emma watson makes a huge donation to help victims sexual har tonight, get your longhorn favorites. like our outlaw ribeye, parmesan crusted chicken or the longhorn salmon. the feeling. the flavor. the place. longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. >>> welcome back everyone. it's been a huge opening weekend for marvel's latest big screen super hero black panther set box office milestones on its way to first place debut. early estimates say the film brought in a three-day gross of $192 million. that number marks the highest debut ever for a film opening in february and the fifth highest of all time. can't wait to see it. >>> actress emma watson meantime donating more than $1.4 million

. >> and i'm frank somerville. today, president trump defended his proposal to arm highly trained teachers in an effort to prevent school shooters. the president made the comment at the white house during a meeting on school safety. he would be willing to give the teachers a small bonus and that the federal government would pay for their training. the president also scoffed at the idea of gun-free zones on campus. he said just the knowledge that there are armed people at school will deter attacks. he also said that not every teacher would have a gun. >> somewhat certainly highly adept people, people that understand weaponry, guns, if they really have that aptitude because not everybody has an aptitude for a gun. but if they have the aptitude, i think a concealed permit for having teachers and letting people know that there are people in the building with guns -- >> the president said he doesn't approve of schools doing active shooter drills saying they are very negative and bad for children. he said he would rather

. >>> what happened on the 1100 block of west somerville avenue in logan neighbor of philadelphia.ice found a man stabbed in many times about 7:00 tonight. paramedic pronounced him dead win minutes. so far no suspect. no motive. >>> police are also investigate a homicide in east germantown. investigators say a man in his 30s was found with a gunshot wound to his chest around 5:30 tonight. he was found in driveway on britton street and was pronounced dead win minutes. officials are still looking for who did it. >>> adventurous day turned harrowing one for teen in lancaster county. trapped in cave for hours. firefighters say the boy was part of a group hadn't a guide with him when he ended up wedged between rocks about 200 feet inside the cave. it happened yesterday. rescue crews say the snowy weather made it even more difficult to reach him. >> inside the cave, very very few people can be in there at a time. it is tight. there are access it gets tight and opens up and gets tight again. you're real limited we don't want a rescuer in the same kind of situation as we have the victim in

quentin somerville in beirut.ents predicting the possible economic impact of brexit, suggest that growth will be hit hardest in those regions where the leave vote was strongest. the analysis, drawn up for the department for exiting the eu, looked at scenarios ranging from leaving with no deal, to remaining within the eu single market. theresa may has met senior ministers today, to try to agree the government's approach to the next stage of the brexit talks, as laura kuenssberg reports. cloistered in the commons, ministers' cars parked up gave away the private meeting in the prime minister's office. the cabinet trying reach a compromise, continually pushed by brexiteers to take a tough line towards the eu. would she be good enough to be very robust when discussing these matters in the brexit committee, as i'm sure she will be, in order to ensure we repudiate any of these eu threats? we will hear all sorts of things being said about positions being taken. what matters are the positions we take in the negotiations as

.>> i'm frank somerville. the car from the news reports and went to the scene of the crash in berkeley at 6:30 am on ashby at california street. the transit bus was going west on ashby when it collided with a red honda civic going south across the intersection at california. the driver of the honda was killed picked no one on the bus was hurt but the force of the crash pushed the bus and the car across the road and into the front porch of a house on ashby. the people who lived there were home at the time and were not injured but the home may have suffered structural damage. the next step dashed next-door neighbor felt the impact pick >> i could feel the vibration. i woke up. i thought it was a regular car accident or whatever but it wasn't. then i was like, oh my god and got dressed and went to the front door.>> at the intersection, there is a stop sign for drivers on california. that is where the car was driving but no stop sign on ashby where the

. >> and i'm frank somerville. the mourning in parkland, florida is just getting started.ight they held a candlelight vigil. >> frustration and regret, but god ... >> hundreds of students, parents and community members all gathered tonight in parkland, florida to remember the victims of yesterday's deadly school shooting. they prayed, held hands. at one point 17 gold balloons were released. this evening's vigil is one of many planned to remember family, friends and faculty all connected to the tragedy. we are learning more about the what the

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville.>>> lawmakers work on a budget deal.>> they are called dreamersy have a big dreams. they are entrepreneurs, they are teachers pick they are researchers in science. they are in our military. they are making a fabulous contribution to the future of our country>> the record long speech was meant to pressure paul ryan to schedule a vote on daca but also aimed at democrats who feel the party is abandoning the dreamers if it agrees to the bill with no protections.>> the senate announced a two-year budget deal but they shut down as possible. >> reporter: it certainly is but there was a big breakthrough on capitol hill. leaders have reached a bipartisan long-term budget deal.>> the budget.does not have everything democrats want. does not have everything republicans want. it has a great deal of what the american people want to. the armed forces will have more of the resources they need to keep america safe.>> in 2011 as part of the budget control act, spending limits or capped for defense spending but the package lifts the caps by

.>> reporter: jackie davison works for the city of somerville where she grew up and said she cannot afford to live here. >> she makes over $100,000 a year and she is leaving because she cannot afford the rent around here. a two bedroom apartment she was looking at was $3700. a studio was 2000. >> reporter: last month, the median sale price was $2.4 million. when you include taxes and insurance, you are looking at paying more than $12,000 a month. >>> we have some ray to talk about. not today obviously. you saw the beautiful day that we had. the mall is going to be a nice day, but then things will start to flip around as we head into wednesday night and thursday because of this weather system to the north of us. you can see it on this satellite map here and it has a lot of tap to the south. this stream here is the fuel. that whole thing will face together right over the northern part of the state and even the southern part of the state. the white mountains will do really well for snow as well. we have ourselves a nice looking weather pattern. we had rain the other day and got a break, then

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.oday's quakes included the strongest one yet a 3.5 just off diablo road in danville. it was followed by a 2.8 just minutes later right around 12:20 this afternoon. ktvu's tom vacar is live in the area to show us how this fits into the region's many quake swarms. tom. >>> reporter: well, where i'm standing quite literally is where the epicenter was about 4.5 miles straight down below my feet on this block. now, this is a very common area for these kinds of earthquake swarms. here's what some folks we met had to say about all of that today. >> we heard it first. it sounded like a train coming by. >> reporter: at 12:19, a 3.6 earthquake the largest yet was the 15th in the current swarm of earthquakes to hit the danville area in the last few days. the shaking was very localized but really shook things up for folks at the epicenter. >> i was in a little almost like farmhouse at the time and the whole thing just started shaking. it was pretty cool. >> reporter: i don't know if you noticed bu

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. authorities today released the names of the victims killed in yesterday's massacre at marjory stoneman douglas high school as the first vigils were held. tonight a sea of candles to honor the victims. these images from a couple of hours ago as thousands of people including students and parents turned out to begin the healing process. >> the broward county sheriff today identified the 17 people who were killed yesterday saying all of their families have now been notified. they include young athletes with scholarships to college and several school staff members including an assistant football coach who died while shielding students from the gunfire. >> also today, 19-year-old nikolas cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. arrest records show he confessed to the killing. he is now being held without bond. >> investigators say he took an uber to campus yesterday. he shot into five classrooms on the first and second floors, before dropping his weapon and then blending in w

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. new information tonight in a deadly officer-involved shooting in antioch. a fugitive with a long criminal history was killed at a 76 gas station last night. ktvu crime reporter henry lee joins us now from the antioch police department to tell us why the suspect may have been on the run. >> reporter: he was wanted for many crimes including a federal warrant at the time he was shot. he was armed with a bb gun, it turns out. the man shot and killed by antioch police at the 76 gas station was wanted fugitive lloyd harris, jr. the 40-year- old with a long criminal history and is well known by local officers. sources tell ktvu that harris was wanted on a federal warrant. he was also a person of interest in an antioch homicide. because they were so familiar with him, antioch police offered to arrest harris and turn him over to the feds. officers tracked him to a home and followed him in his car to the 76 gas station. after he got out, police tried to subdue him with less lethal beanbag round

continues this morning into a stabbing that happened last night this was on the 1100 block of west somerville avenue in philadelphia's logan neighborhood. paramedics pronounced the man dead in a couple minutes, so far no suspect or motive. >>> police are also investigating a homicide in east germantown investigators say a man in his 30's was found with the gunshot wound to his chest around 5:30 yesterday. he was found in the private driveway on britain street, officials are still looking for a suspect. >>> a heartfelt emotional weekend in south florida many of the park land community went from funeral to funeral, rally with toy rally remembering their friends and asking why a gunman who would opened fire at marjory stoneman douglas high school. >> reporter: funeral after funeral after funeral, multiple burials this weekend for victims of the last weeks school shooting, mess of them, barely teenagers. >> she was only 14. she was like, i'm so close to her age. i'm 13. she's only 14. she didn't deserve that. in of the kids deserve it. >> reporter: survivors and relatives of the victims are in th

. >> i'm frank somerville. office said the victim was left along tesla road. somehow she managed to crawl onto the road where she was spotted by a driver who called 911. the young victim was from tracy was phone to eat in medical center where she later died.>> we get new details now from henry lee. the victim was able to tell investigators who are killers were before she died. >> reporter: the last final hours of this woman spent crawling on her stomach by herself in the dark, in the cold after just -- after she had been stepping she did tell investigators who attacked her. in motorist made it or find discovery on tesla road outside livermore at about 2:00 in the morning. >> thursday female crawling on the road and is missing an arm and bloodied.>> reporter: it turned out she was not missing an arm. in 19-year-old woman from tracy was dumped on the side of the road, left for dead after she was stabbed and likely had her arms bound. >> we think at one point she was likely tied up >> reporter: despite her conditi

. >> i am frank somerville. police, fire and ambulance all rushed to james lick middle school . the streets were blocked off at the students were treated and please try to figure out where the substance came from. our reporter is at the school and what authorities are saying. >> reporter: the scene has calmed down considerably in the last hour and the school is shut down for the day and many of the paramedics that were here earlier have also left. this all began about 1:20 pm this afternoon when a student reported feeling sick after ingesting a substance. what that substance was is still unknown. officials are saying they are checking for marijuana edibles. -- that you can eat. >> 10 student so far are being treated and parents of all of those students have been contacted. other parents of the middle school are being contacted just in an abundance of caution to make sure that they see -- if they see any symptoms then they can seek medical help immediately. >> reporter: from the air, we can see a child after being loaded into an evidence. all of the students have been taken to th

. >> i received the call from the dispatch of a homicide on the somerville road.hen i got there, there was one deputy who had been in the building. his eyes teared up and he had his hat down and shaking his head and he said, i don't understand this. >> the baby was taken to safety, and detective bittle and his partner entered the house. >> as we went down the hallway, we looked this the bedroom to the left-hand side, and the daughter who was in the first grade was still in bed and had a star wars blanket pulled up around her neck. she was stabbed ten times. you could see the stab wounds through the blanket. we went further to the master bedroom, and the youngest child was laying there on her back. her throat had been cut. almost decapitated, and on the right-hand side, facing the bed was the mother. the bra was up around her neck. her panties had been cut off of her, and she had 14 stab wounds. >> the victims were katy eastburn, age 32, kara, age 5, and erin age 3. >> after that homicide, at night, i could close my eyes and see the children. >> and her husband gar

. >> and i'm frank somerville.he fire was reported just before 2:00 this afternoon at at the former miller avenue branch library near international boulevard. we have more on the developing news tonight. ktvu's henry lee, some people call the building an eyesore but others thought it should have been preserved. >> for years city leaders haggled over what to do with this building. now there's not much after this fire consumed what's left of it. cell phone video cell shows flames shooting out of the former library on international boulevard. >> it was scary because it was a lot of flames. >> reporter: the fire in the fruitvale district could be seen for miles. skyfox was overhead as dozens of firefighters battled the two-alarm fire for several hours. no injuries have been reported. >> we got called from oakland police department that we had a structure fire at 15th and miller on fire. we responded. we found what is an old library abandoned for some time. >> reporter: the building has been empty for 15 years. squatter

>>> investigation continues into a stab ago this happened last night, on the 1100 block of west somerville avenue in philadelphia's logan neighborhood. paramedics pronounced the man dead within a couple minutes. so far no suspect or motive. >>> police are also, investigating a homicide in east germantown, investigators say a man in his 30's was found with the gunshot wound to his chest around 5:30 yesterday. he was found in a private driveway on britain street, officials are still looking for a suspect. >>> a heartfelt emotional week men south florida, many in the parkland community went from funeral to funeral, rally to rally, remembering their friends and asking why a gunman opened fire in marjory stoneman douglas high school. fox's kelly wright has more. >> reporter: funeral after funeral after funeral, multiple burials this weekend for victims of last weeks school shooting, most of them, barely teenagers. >> she was only 14. she was like, i was so close to her age i'm 13. she was only 14. she didn't deserve that. in of the kids deserve it. >> reporter: survivors and relatives of the vi

. >> i'm frank somerville.ly told officials at the west wing that he is willing to step down over his handling of the allegations against rob porter, who resigned this week. we get live coverage tonight from reporter lauren blanchard. she is on capitol hill in washington with how all this could another shadow another shake-up at the white house. >> reporter: president trump praising his former aide accused of dragging one ex- wife from the shower and punching another in the face. the president saying rob porter was a good worker and he wishes him well. >> hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. but, um, it was very sad when we heard about it. >> reporter: rob porter might be gone but his presence is still very much felt at the white house. the staff secretary resigning this week as allegations of spousal abuse went public. before he left, he worked with president trump and chief of staff john kelly and now there are questions about how long officials knew about the accusations. >> there's no questio

. >> good evening, i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. 17 people are dead including students and adults. a 19-year-old former student is now in custody accused of carrying out today's shooting rampage. authorities say he was armed with a semi-automatic ar-15 assault rifle. >> it happened at a high school about an hour northwest of miami in parkland, florida. ktvu's cristina rendon reports from the newsroom. >> reporter: frank, julie, the gunman is 19-year-old nicolas cruz and just moments ago, florida senator bill nelson says cruz wore a gasmask, had smoke grenades and set off the fire alarm before opening fire at that school. >> he is on the west side of the school. >> reporter: these terrifying moments coming in when the gunfire erupted shortly before dismissal at marjory

. >> i'm frank somerville. here's what we know so far.e dead, at least 14 injured. and the victims are children and adults. the suspect is 19-year-old nicolas cruz. authorities say he is a former student who had been expelled and had also been flagged as ail danger on school grounds. it happened near fort lauderdale, 15 miles south of boca raton at marjory stoneman douglas high school. we have lawmakers' reaction and a renewed call for gun control but christine rendon is monitoring the latest from the newsroom. >> reporter: police arrested this suspect 19-year-old nikolas cruz at his home about a mile and a half from the school. he wore a gas mask and had smoke grenades and set off a fire alarm before opening fire inside his former school. the gunfire happened about dismissal time. one student said he heard the

. >> and i'm frank somerville. today, president trump defended his proposal to arm highly trained teachers in an effort to prevent school shooters. the president made the comment at the white house during a meeting on school safety. he would be willing to give the teachers a small bonus and that the federal government would pay for their training. the president also scoffed at the idea of gun-free zones on campus. he said just the knowledge that there are armed people at school will deter attacks. he also said that not every teacher would have a gun. >> somewhat certainly highly adept people, people that understand weaponry, guns, if they really have that aptitude because not everybody has an aptitude for a gun. but if they have the aptitude, i think a concealed permit for having teachers and letting people know that there are people in the building with guns -- >>