a horrific scene on 8-80 in fremont. we begin tonight with breaking news in the east bay. a horrific scene on 880 near free month. >> at least two are dead after a crash near the stevenson exit. take a look at this map. right now all northbound lanes of 880 are shut down. let's bring in nbc bay area terry mcsweeney who arrived for us on the scene. what can you tell us? i see the freeway behind you shut down there. >> reporter: yeah, it is shut down. i can tell you there are cars and car parts, northbound 880,

for about 100 yards leading up to the stevenson boulevard exit. looking behind me, you see the fire trucks, chp is still there. there's an ambulance there as well, a number of emergency vehicles. you can see the lights flashing and you may be able to see some of the debris from the numerous cars. chp telling me somewhere between six and eight vehicles involved. there are still three vehicles on the freeway. they have not been taken out of here yet. they had to deal with the two dead and a number of people injured as well as a result of this crash. it happened about 9:30. chp not giving out much information about the age also of the people involved. they haven't even really begun to put together how this could have happened, six to eight vehicles crashing. some of them, as i mentioned, still out there on 880. what this is doing, we mentioned it has shut down 880. we have a live traffic cam to show you of 880, this backup is

about two miles to auto mall parkway. if you know this section of road, that's a heck of a backup. they do have cars being diverted off of 880, and traffic is moving ever-so-slowly. it is not completely shut down so no one is getting off. it happened near an exit and people are getting off, but, again, the backup about two miles. again, the scene from out here, two people dead, a number of people injured, six to eight vehicles involved in a crash that happened about 9:30 tonight. live in fremont, terry mcsweeney, "nbc bay area news." we will keep you there for updates throughout the night and into the morning. we will be updating the story into our morning newscast as well. our twitter page is the best resource for breaking news around the area. new at 11:00, was their rideshare targeted? friends returning home are confronted by a man with a gun demanding valuables and it is caught right there on a doorbell video camera.

nbc bay area jean elle with more on why they believe it may be connected to their ride home, jean. >> reporter: jessica, the robbery victims say they got out of a rideshare vehicle on courtland and headed up a side street toward home, and tonight they say they believe the gunman zeroed in on them with the rideshare vehicle poured over. >> get against the well. >> reporter: a night celebrating saturday turns violent. >> definitely scary to see somebody pointing a gun at you. >> reporter: the man with his hands up agreed to speak with us as long as we don't identify him. he says he and his friends cooperated with the gunman, hoping he wouldn't shoot. >> sort of nervous and that made it even more frightening because he literally seemed like he had a great idea of what he wanted out of us. >> reporter: they handed over a purse, a wallet and this wedding ring before a getaway car pulled up and the gunman took off. the victim believes he and his

friends became targets when they got out of a rideshare on courtland. >> the getaway car pulled over as soon as he saw a rideshare car dropping off passengers. >> san francisco police sent images of the gunman to other police departments, hoping to make an arrest. neighbors hope it happens fast. >> you see a lot of kids now in the neighborhood, different families. it is really scary something like that would happen. >> reporter: jean elle, "nbc bay area news." developing at this hour, the historic meeting with north korea might not be happening. north korea is threatening to pull out of its meeting with president trump, scheduled for next month in singapore. the country is saying that it is not interested in a summit if they're going to be pressured to give up its nuclear program. the announcement comes hours after north korea dropped out of talks with south korea. now, that was supposed to happen tomorrow. because of joint military exercises, that's what north korea is saying, between the u.s. and south korea. kim jong-un calling the drills

intentional military provocation. well, late tonight we learn that an explosion in southern california that killed one person and injured three others was intended for one person. that's according to federal investigators. they say it blew up inside a medical building inside orange county. authorities are assuring the public there is no longer a threat to the community. the name of the victim has not been released. well, they say they are loving parents, but investigators say otherwise, painting a grim and disturbing picture. a father in fairfield is accused of punching, strangling and even waterboarding his kids, and the mother knew it was happening. tonight we have a jail house interview with that father. nbc bay area's ian cull joins us with the latest and a link to the south bay. ian. >> reporter: that's right. several of the kids are staying with a relative in san jose, and she tells me tonight they are doing okay. we also have more from the jailhouse interview with the father who at one point couldn't tell how many of his kids were living with him. a warning, some of the images in the story are disturbing.

>> i want to tell them that i love them. >> reporter: tonight jonathan allen is denying the felony charges against him, that he allegedly tortured his ten kids, aged six months to 12 years old. >> but i'm not an animal. i'm not a torturer, and i'm not a monster. >> reporter: but police found dirty, unhealthy conditions inside the family's fairfield home. the children's grandmother, wanda rogers, shared photos of the kids' alleged injuries. she described abuse, saying one of the kids was made to live in a bathroom. >> he'd put duct tape on our eyes, lay us on the floor, tell us we couldn't move, and if we do he would just punch us and beat us all in the stomach. he said the demons were making him do it. >> reporter: today prosecutors filed new chs against his wife, ina rogers, saying she knew about the abuse and didn't stop it. the grandmother shared video inside the home where she claims to have found a satanic book and

knife. allen says the grandmother is making up the allegations to gain cuss tuesdatoddy custody o. when asked about religion. >> i would say the closest thing to me is indiana jones, like a deep sea diver. >> reporter: police are calling it one of the worst cases of child abuse they've seen. ian cull, "nbc bay area news." >> thank you. we have new details about a former psychiatrist at travis air force base accused of targeting female service members. prosecutors say heath summers, seen here, work at the base three years. he worked with veterans who were sexually assaulted during deployment. court documents reveals a female patient says dr. summers convinced her to have sexual relations with him to help deal with her sexual trauma. it says some women were more traumatized after treatment. dr. summer pleaded not guilty. an out pouring of emotion tonight at the city council meeting. women and men speaking out

against embattled long-time city council member dominic caserta. caserta resigned today under a cloud of allegations, ranging from inappropriate behavior to sexual battery. nbc bay area cheryl hurd joins us live in santa clara with the changes the council made tonight. cheryl. >> reporter: that's right. santa clara price say that they have more than nine complaints against dominic caserta. now, his resignation comes hours before more humiliation was waiting for him tonight. the city of santa clara wasting no time removing dominic caserta's picture and name tag from the chambers. the council chambers packed tonight with men and women who say they're victims of his alleged inappropriate behavior. >> i was afraid people would not believe me if i would actually speak up. i was afraid of him. >> reporter: a former staffer says he was bullied by caserta when his resignation letter was

leaked to the media. >> he gave me a call and asked me to recant it. i said no, and that's when he told me he would come after me. >> reporter: savannah nunes is one of one of former students speaking out. >> he's going to be held accountable. why is he still teaching? >> reporter: caserta releasing a statement saying, allegations against me are false in every sense of the word and that i have been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion. he ended by saying the allegations would be put to the test and said, my name will be cleared. in santa clara, cheryl hurd, "nbc bay area news." >> cheryl, thank you. he is running for santa clara county supervisor but one problem here. his credentials are not listed on the voter information guides. the registrar's office is calling it a vendor error. we are talking about jason baker. went to santa clara university school of law and was a firefighter for the u.s. forest service. all of that is missing from his statement. all 174,000 registered voters in the district will now receive a

any in the mail and a reminder the last day to register to vote online is next monday. still ahead, chaos in the cockpit. a pilot sucked halfway out of the plane at 32,000 feet. how he managed to survive with only a few minor injuries. some experts are convinced the solution to cleaning up san francisco rests in canada. so we're here in vancouver to show you the controversial blan. our investigation next. . i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. clouds rolling into san jose right now, but i will show you where a few isolated showers are possible tomorrow morning. that's coming up in about eight minutes. there's only one word for the all new

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you are looking at a live picture right now. this is what we know at this point. at least two people are dead, several others have major injuries. we are talking about five to six cars, maybe eight cars involved in the accident. the particulars of how it happened is what we don't know right now. what we do know is that all northbound lanes remain closed at this hour, traffic backed up for at least three miles and it is not going to get better any time soon. police are still on the scene, investigators are on the scene, and a lot of the mangled cars are there including an ambulance which is still there as well. but, again, two people dead. this traffic backup going to be going on for a while. we don't know what caused it, if it was something on the roadway or construction. at this point we don't know. what we do know is that this is an area you will want to avoid. a new plan to clean up san francisco is controversial, even illegal, but it could save thousands of lives while cutting down the number of drug needles scattered across the city. >> our recent investigation went viral after exposing san

francisco's diseased streets lined with dangerous mix of used needles, feces, trash. one potential solution has health experts pointing north to canada. investigative reporter traveled to vancouver to see it firsthand. bigad shaban. >> we are about to take you inside a police for drugs where addicts can shoot up under the watchful eye of medical staff. the goal is to save lives. the idea is controversial and illegal in the u.s. but san francisco could soon be the first city in the nation to open one. >> i wake up here every day and night. >> reporter: tiffany came to san francisco from kansas city with dreams of being a writer. she is 26, homeless and hooked on heroin. >> reporter: how long have you been using drugs? >> about four-and-a-half years. it doesn't seem like that. it seems like forever. >> reporter: do you worry this

will kill you? >> when i started doing heroin, i think that -- that's what i was hoping it would do. i just want to go back to the person that i was. >> reporter: tiffany is one of more than 22,000 drug users who regularly shoot up in san francisco. a recent investigation exposed the amount of used needles scattered throughout downtown. san francisco workers collect more than 287,000 needles each month, but the city hands out about 400,000 new syringes at a cost of half a million dollars per year, in hopes of preventing the spread of disease. >> the solutions that we currently have clearly haven't helped. >> reporter: dr. alex crowl is an infectious disease specialist and part of a task force, where addicts bring their own drugs and shoot up under the care of medical staff.

>> adding one of these sites would save the city half a million dollars a year because of the savings in hiv, hepatitis, overdoses. they've been doing it for 30 years in 11 countries in over 100 cities and it has proven to work in all of those cities. why not try it here? >> reporter: to learn more we headed 700 miles north to canada, the bay side city of vancouver is often compared to san francisco. the city has eight supervised injection sites where addicts shoot up drugs like heroin and crystal meth. within three months of opening one of the centers the number of used syringes on nearby streets was cut by more than half. each person that comes in here is assigned a private booth. they can dispose of needles here. some can spend 15 minutes, others up to an hour. if someone overdoses, trained staff step in to inject life-saving drugs. workers help addicts get into housing and rehab. >> we are seeing more and more people struggling at survival

level on the streets. >> reporter: darwin fisher runs one of the sites. >> it is not enabling drug use. it is enabling drug users to seek care. >> reporter: we were there at the center when he meant with more than 30 business and government leaders from san francisco. they represent the mayor's office, chamber of commerce, uber and more. kelly powers is with the city's hotel council. >> i'm very impressed. i think they have a good model here for people that want to come in and use safely. >> reporter: san francisco now plans to open two supervised injection sites by august, the first in the u.s. most on the tour are optimistic the centers could help clean up the city. but back in california, others aren't convinced. >> how about finding another way to save their lives other than offering them their poison? >> reporter: bishop ron allen heads the international faith-based coalition, a drug prevention group based in sacramento that boasts 6,000 members across the country. he's also a former drug addict. >> to think that an addict will walk in with their arm on dope

and they're going to want to go to treatment that day is absolutely foolishness. i know for a fact you want your next hit. >> reporter: but vancouver's mayor says supervised drug sites are combatting an epidemic and saving lives. >> we had extraordinary levels of overdoses, hiv/aids infections from people sharing needles. >> reporter: vancouver already has several of these sites, but your city is still in the midst of a drug crisis. >> we are. >> reporter: so can you say that these centers are really working? >> well, they've certainly stabilized the community that's at risk here compared to other communities around our province. >> reporter: drug injection sites here in vancouver are used more than 30,000 times a month. the city started the program about 15 years ago, and since then not a single person has died of an overdose inside any of the centers. but outside across british columbia, about four people die

each day from an overdose. it is now the leading cause of death. stephanie peterson says supervised injection sites brought her back to life. she recently moved off the streets into housing and is now looking to enroll in college. >> reporter: before you came here, was getting off drugs ever a possibility for you? >> no. no, to tell you the truth, not really. >> reporter: some people hearing that might be scratching their heads. how does coming to an injection site make you want to get off drugs? >> because you see what they do. if you sat here for a day and you watched, they've helped me realize how bad my drug using was. >> reporter: where do you think you would be without this place? >> without them i would be dead, 100%. i know that for a fact. >> reporter: how long have you been homeless? >> going on eight years. >> reporter: tiffany fallstitch isn't sure how much longer she can survive this life, on the streets and on heroin. >> i've been out here for so

long that -- it would take literally like a crumb to make me feel like, you know, i was worth something again, you know. >> reporter: san francisco's first supervised injection sites would be funded with private donations. the city's health department then wants to use tax dollars to open several more within a year. state legislation has been proposed to legalize these centers, but the drug enforcement administration tells us the sites still break federal law, meaning anyone using them or even working inside could face prosecution. for now that doesn't seem to be a sticking point for san francisco. >> thank you, bigat. eye-opening report. if you have a story for the investigative unit call 888-996-tips or visit our website nbcbayarea.com/we investigate. >> let's bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. i saw you messing around with computer models. >> just a little bit here and

there as we head through tomorrow morning, and temperatures going a couple of degree degrees cooler. here is what i'm watching right now. it is a weaker system that is moving close to the northern california coastline. again, definitely dropping our temperatures and the possibility of a few sprinkles. nothing in terms of heavy rainfall tomorrow morning, but we are looking at a decent chance for the peninsula to see a spotty shower and 55. also a little bit of a chance here for san francisco and the north bay for hit and miss shower and possibly drizzle, temperatures in the low 50s. take a look at future cast and you can see it is nothing widespread, but at 8:00 there's the potential of activity near the coast, also the north bay. by the afternoon we get sun, clouds and maybe a lingering shower near the coast. also right down there towards the santa cruz mountains. by far, the biggest thing most of us will notice are the colder temperatures. some of the hottest locations usually this time of the year in the mid to upper 80s, right back here cords contra costa,

alameda, upper 60s tomorrow. of in antioch and concord. a cool 63 in santa rosa. half moon bay, typically chilly there, 57 in half moon bay. san jose is at 69. you need a jacket for the morning and possibly even into the afternoon. on my extended forecast you will see in san francisco we keep the possibility of some showers near the coast here into thursday. we get sunshine this saturday, but it stays cool, and then potentially we are looking at maybe some more spotty showers by next tuesday. for cities away from the coastline, numbers will start to warm up once we hit friday, saturday and sunday, not too hot though. going up to 76 on saturday, that will be the warmest. by next tuesday, also the chance here of some more spotty showers. so all in all, a little bit going on, but this does not feel like may. i mean the past couple of days it felt like a fall day, so

enjoy tomorrow. it will be nice. >> we'll take it. thank you, jeff. up next at 11:00, another window blown out of a jet. this time a copilot is nearly sucked out of a plane. the one thing that saved his life. begining of the newscast. a deadly crash on 880 - involving 8 cars - has shut down north . happening now, we are following that breaking news we brought you at the beginning of the newscast. a deadly crash on 880 involving eight cars. it shut down northbound lanes at stevenson. we know two people are dead, numerous injuries. we will bring you the latest information as soon as it becomes available. back with more news in a moment. >> do you hear the wedding bells? what brides and grooms can do when vendors say i don't. >> first on today in the bay, the secret to making sure players can lift up the new bay bridge series trophy. behind is scene. >> tomorrow, 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. struggling schools, raising graduation rates over 60%. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck.

he's been called a rockstar lwinning pro bono battles for immigrants and the homeless. defending gay rights and gun control. democrat jeff bleich. after columbine, bleich led president clinton's youth violence initiative.

with joe biden, bleich took on domestic violence. served president obama as special counsel and ambassador. maybe bleich can't pull off the rockstar look... but his progressive record is solid gold. check this out. a scare in the air over china. a pilot made an emergency landing after the plane's windshield shattered, and then almost sucked out the copilot. moved him away from the controls. the only thing that actually kept him in the cockpit was his seatbelt. the pilot said there were no indications that anything was wrong until all of a sudden the windshield burst. those are pictures of the jet liner after when they landed. despite a loss of cabin pressure and oxygen, the pilot landed the plane safely. the copilot only suffered a few minor injuries and no passengers were hurt. a judge in southern california has ruled to overturn the state's right-to-die law. the judge ruled assisted suicide

law was unconstitutionally approved by the legislature two years ago. the law allows people with a terminal illness to end their life with the help of a doctor. the family of a bay area woman, britney maynard, helped get the law passed in 2015. now, the state attorney general does have five days to appeal. up next, we're going to check in with the giants, and an emotional nights for the a's. we'll show you why. the giants tg

the reds... the team also hosting world renowned violinist -- itzhak the giants tonight hosting the cincinnati red. the team also hosting world-renowned violinist, sitting there with the owners there. he's performing at the sim tony hall this weekend. as for the game, the giants score four runs in the fourth inning. pablo sand val with a two-run double here. the giants beat the red 5-3. how about the a's in boston tonight. that's pleasanton product stephen piscotty, first at-bat since rejoining the team. he has been away for his mother's funeral. he hits a home run. he said as he rounded third he was thinking of his mom gretchen. a's win 5-3. we're back in a moment with the update onbefore you head

coun we have a grim update to tell you about this breaking news of this accident on 880. not good news. we are now hearing three people are dead, a woman and two

children. one person has been arrested for driving recklessly while on marijuana. five others sent to the hospital, including a baby in critical condition. really grim news. chp says they will be out there for hours investigating the scene, and the backup right now goes miles and miles from stevenson, all the way back to warm springs boulevard. of course, we will have the very latest coming up on today in the bay. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- josh brolin -- cedric the entertainer -- dave itzkoff -- musical guests chvrches -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 8-7-2 chicago. >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon!