and the jail ward is a small ward. it's four beds, i believe, but it still would be a help. i talked to the director of the public health, dr. colfax on that, and they're having some of the same staffing challenges as everybody' else. >> commissioner hamasaki: okay. so it's not just the medical staff, it's checking on everybody that are in custodies. >> yes. it's designed for custodies, so as it stands right now, the custodies are in just a regular hospital room, and we have to have security to guard them, particularly if it's a violent felony. if they're in our custody period, we have to have security. >> commissioner hamasaki: finally, is that an issue that -- okay. actually, i withdraw. move -- i'm done. thanks. >> president hirsch: so commissioner dejesus. >> commissioner dejesus: so the last time we met was on january 15, we didn't meet on the 22 or 29. this letter pertaining the 49ers, and perhaps you've already discussed it, closing down market street, using bean bags on some people. i don't know if you've dealt with it because it's been a while, and we've already had

peter of ward 61. renee of ward 20. and sharon vaughn of ward 42 all take after the long lineage of philians who violence our democracy towards an increasingly inclusive system. i extend to them my most sincere gratitude for their leadership on behalf of our shared constituencies and look forward to honoring them here at the capitol later this afternoon. thank you. i yield back. -- speaker pro tempore: >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. the opioid crisis has had devastating impact on communities throughout our country. in my conversations with members of law enforcement, public safety officials, and pub lig health experts, it has become clear that serious reforms are necessary to ensure our criminal justice system effectively contributes to efforts to combat the substance abuse epidemic. the 2018 national institute on drug abuse data shows that ever

and the jail ward is a small ward. it's four beds, i believe, but it still would be a help. i talked to the director of the public health, dr. colfax on that, and they're having some of the same staffing challenges as everybody' else. >> commissioner hamasaki: okay. so it's not just the medical staff, it's checking on everybody that are in custodies. >> yes. it's designed for custodies, so as it stands right now, the custodies are in just a regular hospital room, and we have to have security to guard them, particularly if it's a violent felony. if they're in our custody period, we have to have security. >> commissioner hamasaki: finally, is that an issue that -- okay. actually, i withdraw. move -- i'm done. thanks. >> president hirsch: so commissioner dejesus. >> commissioner dejesus: so the last time we met was on january 15, we didn't meet on the 22 or 29. this letter pertaining the 49ers, and perhaps you've already discussed it, closing down market street, using bean bags on some people. i don't know if you've dealt with it because it's been a while, and we've already had

kpix 5's jackie ward is live where there are plenty of homes around that school. jackie? >> reporter: yeah, that is for sure, kenny. we're in a very residential neighborhood in west oakland. that's very chemical that you were talking about is flowing into groundwater right beneath the sidewalk we're sitting on right now, and it is clear as day. the actions that school district is taking, the school is closed indefinitely here. parents are demanding answers, of course, this morning, and they're worried about the health impacts this cancer- causing chemical known as tce have already had on their children. some parents say there has been a lack of information about what has been happening. the district says it found tce in the groundwater here last friday. after a series of tests. although the drinking water is not affected to continue testing will now happened. because vapors from polluted soil and groundwater can move into buildings and contaminate the indoor air. parents like brown are not happy with how the district is handling this. >> i did not receive enough informati

kpix 5's jackie ward joins us live from san francisco with the very latest. jackie? >> reporter: michelle, police have actually just confirmed to us that they are in fact investigating a string of three attempted carjacking's that happened in the city overnight. this what happened at ninth and harrison. you can see the police are still here. they are trying to collect surveillance video that may help them try to find more evidence. this happened just a few hours ago around 3:00. over driver mex says he was waiting at a light to turn from here soon to 91 three people sadly charged his car. they were all aggressively trying to get in. one actually did get in the backseat. another one was trying to get into the driver's seat and was pointed a gun at the driver's face. >> i kept blocking the barrel and not letting him. he kept trying to open my door. he finally opened it, tried to yet coming out. i kept fighting him the whole time. >> reporter: the driver says he was only forced partially out of the car. so he maneuvered himself back inside, started to make the turn. the

and it is brazen to put a ward on what you're describing, that is so shocking here. sessions and whitaker weren't strong enough to do something like this and bold enough to do something like this and i think sessions at least for all of hi mistakes had integrity and respect for the department traditions. he was a long time prosecutor before he became senator and before he became a.g. and i don't think he would have tried anything like this. but bill barr is so brazen. we've seen this before. we saw it with the way he spun the mueller report and the way they backed off the flynn sentencing recommendation and first recommendation of jail time and then after consultation with senior officials at the department who we assume were the attorney general and they backed off and said probation

. >> kpix 5's jackie ward is there this morning. business is booming, jackie. >> reporter: kenny, i see what you did there. this is one of my favorite spots. it smells so good in here. it always has bright colors and it has local business people like ramirez. he has been here for a long time now. so this is one of your busiest days of the year. what is it like on valentine's day? >> well, you know, in the day that everybody is looking for flowers for their girl. >> yeah. >> it is really nice. the flowers, you know? they are looking for roses. they are looking for hyacinths, tulips. >> a little bit of everything. d help people pick out what -- they are overwhelmed because you have so much to offer? >> i do. like, we help them with colors and shapes, the little things that they're looking for, especially like those particular pictures that they want to see. they want to see the colors. >> do you think people still make an effort on valentine's day to be traditional, to give flowers? are you still seeing a lot of people come in? >> i t

disease originated so the risk is high and africa's health care capacity limited but an isolation ward stands ready at a hospital sudan incidentally trees in senegal and madagascar have the testing equipment they need africa's centers for disease control and prevention has activated its emergency operations center a number of labs are now quick to diagnose the infection in ghana madagascar nigeria south africa and sierra leone the w.h.o. expects another 24 african countries to receive the reactions needed to conduct tests by the end of the week airports in gambia cameroon and guinea a screening passengers for viral symptoms kenya tanzania and rwanda have all suspended flights to china the democratic republic of congo is barring its citizens from flying there and picking a fast chinese citizens to stay away. preventive measures have been stepped up in brokers port city of 10 geas the country's health authorities have set up procedures to monitor travelers arriving through airports and the seaport moroccan hospitals are also being ready to receive any suspected coronavirus patients. thos

in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> for more on -- for more on the bay area company working on a drug to treat the deadly disease head to our website kpix.com and in our next half hour the latest mobile numbers rising overnight. >>> happening today a murder trial begins in italy for two marin county teens accused of stabbing an italian police officer today. it happened last july. local authorities say finnegan elder and alpha phi attacked two officers after a drug deal gone wrong. one was stabbed 11 times and killed. the other assaulted. both americans claimed they did not know the member police and were afraid they would be harmed acting in self-defense. police maintain the officers identified themselves as police agents. >>> right now three suspects are on the run after a shooting inside and alameda county home that left the mother and baby hurt. the woman suffered a wound and her baby fell from her arms when shotreat thhome omission b niles canyon yesterday. both will be okay. no word on a motive but police do no

and what the americans are proposing that this but is seen in the capital will be even outside the ward bottle of jerusalem which is in one and the worst bar or so is when they said you can choose anywhere and put it puts you know you name any city or any billet and you go to this is that accords this is totally stupid naive proposal that does not fool anybody but as soon as our body that for us is jerusalem is the city of jerusalem let me ask you about another of those issues you raised which is the refugees refugees who fled in the wars in 1967 who went to lebanon to syria to jordan there is no right of return in this plan that is on offer that i assume makes this a regional problem it is because when you are speaking i want rehabilitation oh but as you know refugees in lebanon and syria and jordan and other bases it's not only about demography it's it's again these palestinians who have been that are with the keys and their hands sort of the houses that they have been pushed out over since $948.00 they have these skis as a symbol of the hope that there will return them or there will

been cut back or cancelled here's a closer look at how countries around the world are fighting to ward off a pandemic. street as infection set in italy several new cases across europe more deaths reported in south korea and many global events from sporting matches to conferences canceled. around the world preparations are ramping up as fears of the virus turning into a pandemic grow australia has kicked off emergency measures wall that. is yet to declare. the night of the corona virus and its move towards a pandemic fries. we believe that the risk of a pandemic is very much upon us and as a result as a government we need to take the steps necessary to prepare for such pandemic. as the number of cases in the middle east to rise travel to holy sites in saudi arabia has been halted months in advance of the annual pilgrimage. even north korea yet to report a single case is taking preventative measures closing its borders and postponing the new school term. the virus is at the center in moulin in china remains the west hit most of the reported deaths and cases are in the city and the surrou

2nd city of ebony but we kept seeing people here actually moving through the surrounding fields to wards these border areas surprisingly not too many syrian refugees we've talked to afghan people to people from iraq who told us they don't want to stay in taki they want to move on to ward 0 so they are taking this leap of faith by the end of the day it seems there is no way for them to move into greece the border is closed so for people here a lot of uncertainty right now they definitely don't want to go back to tell you that's what they told us. the world health organization says there's now a very high risk of the corona virus spreading globally warning it could reach most if not all countries in the world at least 57 countries are territories have now reported infections authorities have also confirmed the 1st death of a british citizen a man who had been quarantined aboard a cruise ship anchored off japan south korea has seen a sharp rise in infections with more than 500 new cases bringing the total there to more. more than 2300 and nigeria has registered the 1st case in sub-saharan a

drama 1917 in store for you —— first world ward drama 1917 in store foryou —— sam first world ward dramait yet, what pretty remarkable is the way the film is supposed to look like one continuous shot. your orders are to deliver a message calling off tomorrow morning‘s attack. if you fail, it will be a massacre. what sam has always wanted to do is have the idea that the audience be m, have the idea that the audience be in, sort of, a part of the story instead of being in a window to the world of something, it gives the idea that the audience is travelling and going along with the story as an extra character. that in itself brings in some really difficult challenges. 91% of that film has a visual effect in it, from digital doubles, environment extensions, atmospherics. we put in houses or trees or bushes or canals, and it works at this angle and the camera carries on and we looking at the reverse angle and aesthetically it doesn't work so we had a lot of logistical issues to work out. what we talked about really was feeling. it's a strange word to use because obviously with visual effects.

in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> yesterday's warning from the cdc counted another huge slide on wall street. the dow has now dropped more than 1900 point in two days. that is a loss of nearly 7%. united airlines says shares fell 4.9% yesterday, below the shares that have traded since 2018. the company added it withdrew its full-year 2020 guidance amid concerns that the coronavirus could spread to the transpacific routes. they also say travelers want to cancel her trip to south korea and they can do so without a penalty. a number of airlines announced they are waiting fees. u.s. airlines have already spent a flight to mainland china and hong kong because of the virus. asian shares continue to file this morning. the stock market opens in new york at 6:30 and we will bring you the opening numbers and a half hour. >>> crews remain on the scene of a massive fire at a refinery in southern california. the fire at the marathon petroleum refinery in carson began late last night. the fire department says an explosion was seated the fire which arrears -- in a cooling tower. the marathon

live from sfo, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> >>> for 3/4, the 49ers held the chiefs offense in check. then came disaster in the fourth. jimmy g and the 49ers, 20-10, midway through the fourth. pat mahomes and the chiefs offense caught fire. mahomes took travis kelce. kansas city sadly within three points. in san francisco could not get the mojo back. garoppolo, other heavy pressure. through it away. the 49ers forced a punt after going. mahomes had two big throws to keep the chiefs inside the five. damien williams just barely got it across. his first of two touchdowns for him. the chiefs led 24-20. that is two minutes ago. 49ers out to midfield. fourth and i'm gianna franco. garoppolo under pressure. he tries to mix up. the chiefs outscore san francisco 21-0 over the final six and half minutes. and beat the 49ers 31-20. they win their first super bowl in 50 years. >> tough loss. i mean, it hurts everybody. losing super bowl, you know, we had opportunity to win that and came up short. but win or lose, today, that outfield, i'm proud of the guys. i'm proud of what they did today. kansas

kpix 5's jackie ward is live on the scene with the latest jackie? >> reporter: kenny, we are in san jose. you can see the police are still here. there's read tape across mesa verde. and cohen still out as please remain on seen here. it has been like this for the past more than 12 ours now. overnight, there was a lot of police here, focused on the 2500 block. i one point, where reports of to guess in the air and you can see officers had to wear gas masks. authorities used a bullhorn. the person was eventually detained. just after 3:00 this morning. thanks to the help of a canine unit. the suspect is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital. we don't know when this road will be back open and we don't know much about the incident that led up to this arrest. live in san jose, diane king hall, kpix 5. >>> also developing this morning, police say a man is suspected of driving impaired. he was sleep mode down several additions in san francisco and then kept it going. here is a closer look at the aftermath. a victim sprawled out a

. >> kpix 5's jackie ward is live in west oakland for us this morning. jackie, we know there are a lot of homes around the school, too. >> reporter: we are right in the middle of a neighborhood, kenny and michelle. we are talking about the water that is flowing underneath this very spot. and it is not the drinking water. we want to make sure people know that. this area will be tested in the school here, mcclymonds high school, was closed indefinitely. parents are demanding answers this morning and they are worried about the health impacts this cancer-causing chemical known as tce may have already had on their children. some parents say there has been a lack of information about what has happened been. the district say they found tce in the groundwater here last friday after a series of tests. although the drinking water is not infected, continued testing will now happen. they can move into buildings if contaminating. parents like monica brown are not happy with how the district is handling this. >> i did not receive enough information. i don't feel comfo

we will keep you posted. >>> i'm jackie ward live in san francisco. an uber driver tells us that three people tried stealing his car when he was still in it. right now, police are on the scene going through business to business, trying to get some surveillance video that may have caught this attempted carjacking. this investigation maybe related to a second carjacking attempt that also happen overnight. around 3:00 this morning, an uber driver from one of. this is he was waiting at a light to turn from arizona at 913 people sadly charged his car. they were all aggressively trying to get in. when actually did. they got into the back seat. another win was trying to get into the driver's seat. >> you kept pointing a gun at the driver's face. the drivers as he acted boldly when he kept trying to fight off the gunman and smacking the barrel of the gun away from his face. >> they tried to carjack me. i did not allow them. he had a gun pointed in my face. they are not taking my car. >> the drivers as he was only forced partially out of the car so he maneuver

kpix 5's jackie ward is live at sfo with the latest details for us. jackie? >> reporter: two of those 11 cases in the u.s. are right here in the bay area. santa clara county health officials announced that over the weekend. this as a travel ban remains in place between the u.s. and china. new this morning, the state department is now telling people foreign nationals that they are blocking them. these people who recently visited china from entering the u.s. they are at risk of spreading the disease. all flights from china and all passengers who have traveled to china for the last 14 days will be funneled through eight u.s. airports, including sfo, effective yesterday. more airports will be added to that list throughout the day today. so these 11 airports, the federal government has established enhanced screening procedures and the capacity to quarantine passengers if needed. as for the second confirmed case of the virus in santa clara county, the public health department there says a woman has a mild illness and is being regularly monitored. family members are

jackie ward, kpix 5 . >> officials said robert bennett is with his family at the marin health medical center and we are waiting for an update on how he is doing. >>> the body of a sanibel man that went missing has been recovered. tim bauters was last seen going snowboarding at mount hood is the second death at the resort in just two days. >>> governor gavin newsom wrapped up his state of the state address and his main focus is to tackle housing issues and the homeless population in most states have the client but california's jumped 16% and the governor was the state to take action to get people off the street and remove the barrier slowing down new housing projects. >> we have got to replace the scattered shot approach with a more focused crisis level response. >> the governor proposed lowering the threshold for those with mental illnesses experiencing homelessness who turned down medical aid. he says we need to stop tolerating open drug use on the streets asking for $700 million to shift the focus of the medicaid program to focus on preventative healthcare. >> i know that homelessne

we will get right on over to kpix 5's jackie ward who has the latest on this case. jackie? >> reporter: kenny and michelle, made the interview with the man who hit and killed the 12-year-old girl was brief because he refused to answer any questions. chp says 24-year-old joshua byrne of hayward is the man who was behind the wheel that ran over to the girls yesterday afternoon. >> he turned left and collated into lana who suffered fatal injuries. >> reporter: lena carlos is featured here with her sister jaydn. she was a student at creekside middle school . >> she made all of the right decisions. it only takes one person to make the wrong decision through in everybody's life. it does hit home. >> reporter: people who live near the intersection of crow canyon road and manter road urged drivers to slow down. it is private surveillance video from the neighborhood that played an insurmountable role. >> you expect your child to come walking home from school. i cannot imagine if that is my kid. >> they're currently being held at the jail and jackie ward, kpix 5 . specters vehicular

police are now investigating if they are connected and kpix 5's jackie ward spoke with one man and has more from police headquarters. >> reporter: in just 30 minutes san francisco police say three suspects tried carjackings three different vehicles and one showed a gun to the victim the first happened at night in harrison when a uber driver said he was waiting at a light when three people suddenly charged his car. >> they were pointing a gun at me and i cannot letting him and he kept trying to open my door and he finally opened it. >> reporter: the driver said he was hit by paramedics determined him to be okay. minutes after the first carjacking attempt at a half a block down ninth the same suspect smashed a front window of this car while the driver was parked and the rest is able or. >> having a window broken on you is always really terrifying . i am just really glad that i got out of this with a little bit of a cut . >> reporter: in all three cases the suspects were able to escape and the victims do not get hurt. police are saying this is not normal activity. >> it is definitely unus

. >> on a recent episode of the author interview program ward ward, "new york times" columnie kwame anthony spoke to thomas williams but views on race and identity. >> my father did his best to get me to read james baldwin, to read letter from birmingham jail, martin luther king to really understand a lot of tradition and also -- in the way that you write, always believed that my identity didn't begin or end with the social reality of my blackness. so, he kind of had his life saved by bag fatherless black boy in texas without anyone in his family having an education but stumbled upon plato's dialogues at some point in his childhood and tried to read it, and it didn't make sense to him at first but he was very early on aware there was something out there that linked him with the towering great greek mind, and that if he could access it he could potentially access the wide ever world and would read books by himself in his closet with a nbalight and his family would say, you're going to get yourself in trouble. don't read to the books but early on, aesop's fables were huge for him. so he alway

jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> each of these capsules only takes a few days to make. for all the latest developments on the coronavirus in the bay area and worldwide stay with kpix.com, kpix.com and cbsn bay area. >>> new at noon, dna testing helped solve a murder from 50 years ago. naomi sanders was found dead in her apartment in 1973. forensic examinations determined she was a victim of sexual assault and killed by strange gu lation. it wasn't until 2014 when they ran dna evidence through available databases for years without any luck. in 2019 using genetic genealogy, they found their match. robert dale edwards was the suspect and he died back in 1993 but vallejo police are proud to have finally found justice for naomi sanders. >>> today a rally is planned for an el determine man attacked and robbed while collecting recyclables. it is at 2:00 p.m. near the crime scene in san francisco. the weekend attack was captured on video that went viral after it was posted online. the victim who is recovering has been identified now, but it is not clear whether san francisco po

this is ward 10.rd, one of the most active precincts in the entire city. the story here runs along a couple parallel. you've had a surge. that table over there is where the new voter registrations are. people are still doing that. some 50 new voter registrations there. a very healthy number for a precinct like this. also they have people who are declaring -- undeclared voters coming in, changing to a party affiliation and then changing back. that's what they're doing at this table. i can also tell you they are nearing their levels of total voter turnout in this precinct close to the number that they had in 2016. they're only a couple hundred shy, they passed the 2,000 mark just a few moments ago. they need a couple hundred more to match that which was among the record turnouts in any new hampshire primary in this ward in 2016. they're just a couple of hundred away from that. can they get there in the next 40 or so minutes? they're optimistic but they're not sure. we've been in touch with the secretary

jackie ward saying the purpose of the feed trip was to educate and also easing fears about the water stup ply. >> less than half of the students showed up as further testing at their high school continues this weak. >> this is disruptive. this at iss what we have to f, iis closed which is why the 9th graders are touring the water treatment plant. >> we really want our kids to walk away today feeling confident that they are able to take a drink from the sink. >> tc e was found in the ground water in the west obamacare neighborhood. that led to concern whether it was seeping into the air and contaminating it which is why the school is closed until further notice. more extensive testing is being done this week, but the results are prom mousing. the air in all contain zero tc e. >> we never would have closed and we wouldn't reopen unless it was safe. >> ground water is not used for anything on campus, not even sprinklers and it is not part of their supply. the drinking water in west oakland is safe to drink. >> the school district doesn't know when students will be allowed back inside. t

kpix 5's jackie ward spoke with some people who are elderly to support the presidential candidate. >> reporter: doors opened at 10:00 at the p billion for the rally. this is all part of his get out and about event. organizers encouraged attendees to bring the ballot with them. >> we protect the environment and want to end corporate greed and also stop police terror in the community. those are some of the issues that bernie sanders has put forward, which are issues that i believe in very strongly. >> i think he has a great chance and probably the best out of anybody and he represents pretty much everything that we are really hoping for. >> reporter: before stopping here at the east bay he stopped at the democratic party gala at the tropicana hotel in las vegas over the weekend and he land-based michael bloomberg ahead of the nevada caucus this coming saturday calling him out for his policy and opposing raising minimum wage and accused him of cutting back on medicare and social security. >> and to mayor bloomberg with all his money he will not create the energy we need to have the voter

kpix 5's jackie ward explains the idea behind the seamless transit act. >> reporter: is it possible for each to use the same transit regional map? assembly member david chiu says it is. >> this has been a conversation many years in the making. >> reporter: they have coordinate schedules across all nine counties at the bay area but among all this talk it was hard to ignore the fact that we were standing in the perry building that has failed to bring high-speed rail to downtown severances go in here is chiu's response . >> we're trying to make new investments in the system but there's not been the coronation we want around design and planning. we want to bring everyone together to do more work in this area. >> reporter: between 2016 and 2018 ridership across the system fell by five to 5.2% expect i spent years as an undergraduate student commuting for three hours round-trip across four cities and across three different agencies to get to class and back home. >> reporter: getting this home will be anything but seamless. chiu says something has to change and assembly member chiu said severa

strike a deadly house fire broke out overnight and kpix 5's jackie ward spoke toe de wh started. >> porter: flames ripped through the side reof his house which was fully engulfed when firefighters got here and flames jumped onto the neighboring home. this is what neighbors in oakland woke up to with flames on top of the roof making their way toward additional homes. this is one of the people who called 911. >> my adrenaline kicked in to make sure everyone is safe and make sure and neighbors do not catch the house on fire because of started spreading. >> reporter: they were able to put out the two-alarm fire in 90 minutes. they conducted another search for the home and found a man who had passed away . >> the press was found near the front of the building and it is not clear what that might have been. >> reporter: alvin bell lived inside the home and said a large piece of plastic was over the heater but he believes the person who died turned the heater on before going back to sleep. >> they do not realize that there was a piece of plastic there. and it caught on fire. relevant and ask her n

. >>> exclusive reporting coming from cnn's vicki ward.is the story, even with the end of the impeachment trial former rudy giuliani associate lev parnas is not done with his efforts to show he has information to interest investigators. cnn has obtained these exclusive photos of a trip that giuliani took to madrid as he prepared to help this wealthy venezuelan who was trying to avoid indictment in the united states. so these photos and what lev parnas and other sources tell cnn provide just a peek into relationships giuliani has not been willing to discuss about legal work he overtakes fore clients whose interests could intersects with the policies of his most prominent client, president donald trump. these images and what parnas knows are already in the hands of federal investigators in new york where parnas has been indicted and giuliani is under investigation. so vicki ward who has the scoop, she's with me now. let's start with this trip to madrid. who was there with giuliani and why is that such a big leave? >> so lev parnas, right, ne

frontage road next to the interstate 80 freeway lined with trash and mobile homes and kpix 5's jackie ward was there this morning . >> reporter: every 20 feet or so there is cato road in the city is hoping that this will discourage people moving back. >> this is not an appropriate place for people to be living in before police came and this is what a 1700 foot section of kato road look like . fremont is calling this the first phase of the kato road project . >> we do not want to take anyone's residence from them that we understand that there is a housing crisis taking place in the state of california. >> reporter: police only have to remove one single abandoned rv today and the owner said he didn't know what to do with it and found it better living situation. amazingly all of the others parked here moved on their own without incident after receiving the initial warning. >> i do not know where they went. they may have just moved down the road, and that is fine. we are okay with that right now because we're not doing any enforcement. >> reporter: once the rv was gone and permanent no parking

like in greenbrae, jackie ward, or kpix 5. to the search continues for the missing couple in marin county. here are the pictures. 77-year-old carol kiparsky and her husband ian irwin rented a college in inverness where they did not return to check out on saturday morning. yesterday search crews brought in dogs and drones to cover some of the toughest director today they plan to focus on the shoreline near inverness using both and canines. >>> the number of people killed by the coronavirus is over 2000 with china reporting 136 two deaths. as for confirmed cases, the tally is now at 74,000. japan is confirming even more infections on the diamond princess cruise ship the latest numbers there, 542 for taking a live look in japan where the quarantine is now up on that huge cruise ship that diamond princess crews liner. passengers are disembarking finally today after a two-week quarantine. the ship became the site of the most infections outside of china with more than 500 people sick in. this morning the world health organization is

jackie ward has more about what might have happened there. jackie. >> reporter: michelle, that is one of the unusual things about this, the fact a hazmat team is on the scene here with the sheriff's office and classifying as a death investigation. we're only being told that the circumstances around this situation require the hazmat team's attention. around 8:00 this morning, the fire department was called in sleepy hollow, up a very long, steep hill. a male and female were found dead in the driveway, one inside the car and one out, but authorities are not telling which person was found where. a dog who thigh believe is unharmed was found inside the car with one of the victims. we spoke to a neighbor who livers up the hill from the home and she said no one has lived at that house for awhile. >> no one has been living there for at least a year and a half, maybe two years. >> i think it is generally a safe neighborhood and we don't -- we are not called out here, too often. >> reporter: the hazmat team will be here for several more hours today an

jackie ward has more. >> reporter: the port of oakland says it is just now starting to see the affects mere with the coronavirus with their business. 23 ships cancelled arrivals. most were coming from china. >> the port of oakland gets 120 vessel calls a month. now with factory closures in effect in china, there is not that many to put on shippings. >> that means manufacturing production is down. as a result the car go coming to this country by ships will also be down. >> there are new restrictions for them coming to the u.s. if it has been in a chinese port, crew members have to stay on the vessel in the u.s. that restriction won't really affect things here. >> the ship arrives in the u.s. and generally stops in los angeles or long beach first and then it comes to oakland. by the time a ship arrives in oakland, it hasn't been in china for the last two to three weeks. >> reporter: this is typical for this time of year. following lunar new year's celebrations in china. >> normally we would see some decline but that is being exacerbated by the coronavirus. >>> it is used to going through

in san francisco's china town neighborhood, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> and stay with kpix 5 and cbsn bay area for continuing coverage of the coronavirus. we'll also have all the latest developments on kpix.com. >>> another stunning twist in the case of a newport beach surgeon and his girlfriend. they're accused of drugging and sexually assaulting numerous women. now a judge is deciding whether to drop all charges. here's why. >> reporter: there were big smiles on the faces of newport beach surgeon grant robichaud and his girlfriend who came to court hoping rape and drug charges against them would be dismissed. but judge gregory jones decided he needs to take a closer look at the evidence involving 7 alleged victims before making a ruling. >> my heart goes out to grant and sarissa. it's waking up on christmas morning and seeing that the tree is empty. >> reporter: earlier this week, orange county district attorney claimed the charges will be dropped and there isn't enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the couple drugged and sexually assaulted women in their home. he wen

and here, a patient films across the ward.ied images show a city and health system overwhelmed. visiting from the us, she says her sick relatives cannot even get into hospital. the hospital told them they could not perform the tasks. i think it is because a capacity issue. that suggests from your experience is quite likely that the real picture of the infections could be much higher than the official figures suggest. i think so because people either choose not to go to the hospital or they do want to be officially tested but they are not able to. this footage is to show a body being removed. not from a hospital but home. while china tries to show the world it is coping, building this hospital injust ten days, it is becoming clear that more could have been done earlier. this doctor was one of the first to pick up signs of the new strain of virus. his online posts were censored and police had him sign this confession amongst several others for spreading rumours. one month on this giant economy has been brought to a standstill. g

. >> reporter: i'm at an elementary school, ward 12 out of 12 wards. manchester accounts for about 6% of the registered voters, so it's an important town. about 5,300 people registered to vote at this location. so far we got an update on the numbers, about 1,233 voted. some are the absentee ballots they continue to count. about a fifth of the people who could vote, i've talked aboto at 80 voters since polls opened. a lot of support for sanders, for buttigieg. what they're saying generally about sanders is they like his consistency, authenticity. they say he's never wavered, has had the same policy goals for 40 years and they like his stance on medicare for all. what they like about buttigieg, his energy, he's new. they believe he's good at messaging and they want to see a new outsider politics brought to washington. we're also seeing support forward wren, biden and klobuchar. they say klobuchar is moderate, that she has the grit necessary to go up against president trump. the biden supporters say i like him, i know him, i feel that i know him. they say

jake ward with still with us. this is some percentage science and infrastructure and some percent us trusting our governments when they tell us what we need to do to try to keep safe from this virus. how do you evaluate where we are on this? >> from the data. and you have described what we do know from china and china still has 95% of the world's cases. so that's our biggest sample and it does give us some idea of what we are looking at but we also evaluate what we are finding out from the spread internationally and you have talked about the community spread that has now been confirmed in the u.s. but the other thing that's happened since sunday 18 new countries have confirmed coronavirus cases, covid-19. almost none of the cases received that from china so we are seeing a dramatic expansion of this outbreak. it really is hard to believe we are not looking at a pandemic that the point soon. >> i want to ask you, the government, the vice president mike pence has said that scientists and health officials will have t

the corona virus and has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours another cited by says people to ward off the corona virus by drinking chlorine dioxide a form of industrial bleach the u.s. food and drug administration says is dangerous. public health experts warn such false claims can cause the virus to spread further and faster distracting people from proven prevention techniques. the world health organization is fighting back putting pressure on social media giants to place reliable sources about the coronavirus higher in search results. and the w.h.o. has launched its own public information task force. there are several measures you can adopt to protect yourself and others from getting the new coronavirus the appropriate use of math their top counter measure to descend permission is simply putting the truth out there with soap and water or alcohol based hand. we're joined here in the studio by reporter peter. for social media has been watching. the how this virus information war has been working out online peter we just saw in that report how much misinformation is circulating onli

and here a patient films across the ward. health system overwhelmed. this woman, visiting wuhan from the us, says her sick relatives can't even get to hospital. the hospital told them they could not perform the tests. i think it is because of capacity issues. that suggests it is likely that the real picture of the infections could be much higher than the official figures suggest? i think so, because a lot of people either choose not to go to hospital, or they do want to be officially tested, but they're not able to. this footage appears to show a body being removed, not from a hospital, but a home. today, another 11 britons were flown out on a french repatriation flight. landing in france first, and then transferred to the uk. while china tries to show the world it is coping, building this hospital in just ten days, it is becoming clear that more could have been done earlier. this was one of the first doctors to pick up signs of the new strange virus. but his online posts were censored and the police made him sign this confes

the world's population could be at risk of contracting the disease some concerning instances of on ward transmission from people with no travel history to china could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire but for no it's only a spark objective remains containment. or the corona virus which has now been named coffee 19 has a mortality rate of 2 percent so we can compare that to sars epidemic back in 2003 that killed 10 percent of those who cause it and a more recent health emergency in africa the virus was much more deadly than either one of those viruses and all that said of course against the backdrop of panic and exaggerated reports people of asian descent are increasingly becoming the target of racist abuse across the globe over coronavirus fears we spoke to people in london's chinatown to see if they've noticed any changes in attitude. terrible loss we feel. sadness and sorrow but i don't think people should be targeted or hated on because i. think you. put in people into a category into a box and think it's a dangerous way of thinking this is chinatown in the center of london it'

and here, a patient films across the ward.ified images show a city under health system overwhelmed. ling shi xu, visiting wuhan from the united states, so her relatives cannot even get into hospital. the hospital staff told them they could not perform the test. i think it is because of a capacity issue. so that suggest that from your experience it is quite likely that the real picture of the infections could be much, much higher than the official figures suggest?” think so. there are people who do want to be officially tested, but they are not able. this footage appears to show a body being removed, not from a hospital but a home. while china tries to show the world it is coping, building this hospital injust ten it is coping, building this hospital in just ten days, it is becoming clear that more could have been done earlier. this doctor was one of the first to pick up signs of the new strain of the virus. but his online posts were censored, and the police made him sign this confession, along with seven others, for spreading