we talk next with uc berkeley's john yu. his new book "striking power, how cyber, robots, and space weapons changed the rules for war" devotes a chapter to north korea. professor, you also served in the bush administration's justice department as well. he joins us now. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> so the u.s. aproefrn "h" approach against north korea has been primarily relying on economic sanctions. where would new technologies, the types you're talking about in your book, robotics, for example, cyber, where would that fit into the current strategy? >> the problem that our presidents have had for more than 20 years is they've been stuck between essentially appeasement, bribery, paying off north korea, and having to consider a war that would kill millions of people in south korea and 30,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of americans who live in south korea. so as you say, we've tried to fill that gap between those tragic choices with sanctions, which have not been really working. so new technologies, i think, offer

the former chancellor of uc- berkeley is speaking publicly about some high-profile scandals during his time at the helm. >>> good morning. get ready for cooler conditions out there today. mountain view you're only going to reach 76 degrees. union city 72. fremont mid-70s, as well. and cooler in hayward at 68. moving over to the east bay temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. we have cooler and windy conditions today. sonoma 82. windy in the north with temperatures in the mid-70s and low 80s. >>> we have a "sig alert" that remains in effect. one lane in the westbound direction on the san mateo bridge is closed near the high- rise due to an earlier big rig fire. eastbound lanes are open. it's about 15 minutes between 880 and 101. so if you are heading in that direction, give yourself a few extra minutes this morning. things looking good over at the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge toll plaza starting to see some action. we have the crowds developing but no metering lights just yet. >>> former uc-berkeley chancellor nicholas dirks is speaking out about the scandals that clouded h

mills college and uc berkeley came up with a plan to share some facilities. lu ann menendez tells us some other colleges may do the same. >> reporter: mills college and uc berkeley plan to share some things each have. mills has small classes, unlike uc berkeley. >> the public schools face issues of enrollment capacity, and that's a place where i think the privates can really help. >> reporter: for example, an introductory tech class at cal tends to have hundreds of students. they can now enroll in that class at mills for a more direct interaction. >> the largest biology class is 40 students. >> reporter: the lack of student housing has been an issue at cal. mills, only a half hour away, are offering rooms to uc berkeley students with a shuttle service. >> we have the ability to help everybody moving forward by relying on our strengths. >> reporter: uc berkeley can do study abroad opportunities. mills is having a decline in enrollment. they announced a 60% in tuition for students in order to have more sign up. this partnership is open only to undergraduate wom

. >>> also a serious attack on the uc berkeley campus leaves a baseball player unconscious. what the victim says led up to it. >>> and the warriors left for china but their head coach couldn't go with hem them. why steve kerr was forced to fly separately. that's next on nbc bay area news. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >>> it is the nissan rogue play of the day. take on the unexpected with nissan's available intelligence safety shield technologies. innovation that excites. this might excite you. third quarter jared goff, todd gurley. 53 yards' worth of excitement. the rams improve to 3-1. and they win 35-30. over the dallas cowboys. 49ers' next opponent, the colts, visiting the seahawks right here on nbc. t

mills college and uc-berkeley have signed an agreement to share some facilities and services. other colleges may eventually do the same. >> reporter: the heads of uc-berkeley and mills college promise to share some of the unique things they each have. mills, a female private college offers small classes unlike uc-berkeley. >> the state schools, the public schools, face issues of enrollment capacity. and that's a place where i think the privates can really help. >> reporter: for example, an introductory biology class at cal tends to have hundreds of students. they can now enroll in that class at mills for a more direct interaction. >> currently we run two sections of our intro biology course and the large ses 40 students. >> reporter: the lack of student housing has been an issue at cal. mills, which is only nine miles away offers classes with shuttle service. >> we have complimentary services. >> reporter: mills students can now join summer berkeley summer abroad programs offering greater opportunities. mills has been struggling with declining inroenrollment. the president ann

. >>> uc-berkeley police -- [ pause ] >>> uc-berkeley are looking for suspects in an assault that left a student unconscious. kpix 5's jessica flores reports from berkeley. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. we're right in front of the dorm where this all happened. early morning sunday just after midnight police have now released surveillance video from the dorm and they are turning to the public for help in identifying the attackers who left a student unconscious and sent that student to the hospital. in this video you can see three men walking through the dorm there and police say that they don't know how these men are -- their identities or how they are connected to the universities if at all. they say it happened just after midnight sunday in the quad area of the dorm here on durant avenue. resident hall unit 3. police say one suspect was in black, another was in red hat, white shirt and bluejeans. a third suspect was in a plaid shirt and white shoes. police emailed students asking them to be on the lookout for the suspects. >> i want to know who he is and why he got attacked

suspected of attack a uc-berkeley student on campus. the video shows three young men walking through the dorm of. they got into an argument with the victim before beating him unconscious. it happened just after midnight sunday in the quad area of the dorm. the victim has been released from the hospital. >>> california senators dianne feinstein and kamala harris are urging daca recipients to mail in their renewal applications today. the paperwork needs to be submitted by thursday, october 5. after the devastations by harvey, irma and maria, they asked for an extension. that request will be probably denied. >>> let's see how the dow is doing, up 75 points. >>> the dow is up. how about theches ? >> the temperatures are low. they are kind of cool. a little cooler at this time compared to yesterday. our temperatures are going to start a warming trend though. so not to worry. a slow warming trend. we have dry air coming in from the north. there are traffic conditions out there. red flag warning for higher elevations. cooler air is coming in.

mills is offering 25 rooms to uc berkeley students with s ale service. can also study abroad to offer greater opportunities. >> any small institution has trouble creating a huge array of programs for students to benefit from. >> berkeley brings a very unique experience, especially with travel abroad and larger variety of classes. >> mills has been struggling with declining enrollment. last month the president announced 36% reduction for undergradates in an attempt to lure more students t is likely this will serve as a model for other uc campuses and neighboring liberal arts colleges, this private school only open to women. abc 7 news. >>> the national park service is stopping its fight to restrict dogs, this coming after irregularities in the decision making process, the proposed law intended to protect native wild life but prop opponents lobbied su successfully for their dogs to run off leash. >>> science has confirmed that dogs use facial expressions deliberately to communicate with people. researchers in england analyzed canine behavior and found dogs

mills college and uc-berkeley signed an agreement to share some services and facilities. abc7 reporter tells us other colleges may eventually do the same. >> reporter: the heads of uc-berkeley and mills college promise to share some of the unique things they each have. mills, a female private college offers small classes unlike uc-berkeley. >> the state schools, the public schools, face issues of enrollment capacity. and that's a place where i think the privates can really help. >> reporter: for example, an introductory biology class at cal tends to have hundreds of students. they can now enroll in that class at mills for a more direct interaction. >> currently we run two sections of our intro biology course and the largest is 40 students. >> reporter: the lack of student housing has been an issue at cal. mills, which is only nine miles away offers 25 rooms to uc-berkeley students with shuttle services. >> we have complementary services and we can rely on our distincttive strengths. >> reporter: mills students can now join summer berkeley summer abroad programs offering g

. >>> uc berkeley today event drew robert reich and key figures in berkeley's free speech movement. examining how new media influences speech and role of violence in protests at uc berkeley. live at sproul plaza with details. >> reporter: symposium designed to look at how new media, social media, influences speech. also an effort to examine the past and remember lessons that could be applied today. >> despite the provocations, i think students should not rise to the bait. >> reporter: lynn hollander savio speaks from experience when it comes to free speech and what goes into a successful movement. widow of mario savio. one of the architects of berkeley's free speech movement in 1964. lynn savio calls some of today's protests counterproductive. >> when you attack and try to limit the speech of anyone, even if it's valueless speech, then you run into a wall of opposition that unites everybody against you. >> united will never be divided. >> reporter: free speech a hot topic at uc berkeley, robert reich reflected on the movement and today, given influence of social media. >> my student

>>> also a serious attack on the uc berkeley campus leaves a baseball player unconscious. what the victim says led up to it. >>> and the warriors left for china but their head coach couldn't go with hem them. why steve kerr was forced to fly separately. that's next on nbc bay area news. who are these people?

. >>> and a jog on a public trail is taking a frightening turn, and a new warning on the uc berkeley campus. the news starts right now. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm garvin thomas with a special post college edition of bay city area news. we begin on the berkeley campus where the students have taken to hiking in groups after a woman was attacked. police say that yesterday, a student was jogging on the upper fire trail just off campus when a man tackled and sexually assaulted her. she was able to get away. the bay area's sergio quintana is live on the berkeley campus and this is rattling nerves with so many students out for the home football game. >> a lot of the students that we talked to out there on the trail said they decided to travel in groups, and as you mentioned, the police say that attacker tackled that student as she was running on that trail last night. >> reporter: students and reside residentses of the neighborhood say that the upper fire trail above the uc-berkeley campus is a beautiful place for a hike or run, but an alert issued by the uc police d

examining how new media influences speech and role of violence in protests at uc berkeley. live at sproul plaza with details. >> reporter: symposium designed to look at how new media, social media, influences speech. also an effort to examine the past and remember lessons that could be applied today. >> despite the provocations, i think students should not rise to the bait. >> reporter: lynn hollander savio speaks from experience when it comes to free speech and what goes into a successful movement. widow of mario savio. one of the architects of berkeley's free speech movement in 1964. lynn savio calls some ofy's prdaoteststo counterproductive. >> when you attack and try to limit the speech of anyone, even if it's valueless speech, then you run into a wall of opposition that unites everybody against you. >> united will never be divided. >> reporter: free speech a hot topic at uc berkeley, robert reich reflected on the movement and today, given influence of social media. >> my students here at best way to learn is talk to somebody who disagrees with you. >> trying to scapego

. >> uc-berkeley police are asking for the public's help in identifying the attackers who left a student unconscious on sunday. i'll have the details coming up. >> parts of the bay area still under a red flag warning. the areas that are going to be the breeziest today coming up. >> and we are tracking delays for drivers heading along westbound 580, southbound 680 and westbound 92. are these part of your morning commute? find out how much time you will need to get to work this morning coming up. connection with a long-running sex scandal... a doze >>> a federal judge will not pursue additional punishment for the oakland police department in connection with a long running sex scandal. a dozen officers were disciplined in connection with the case involving a teen prostitute. judge william orrick was charged to determine whether high ranking opd officials handled the situation appropriately. a report in june found problems with the internal investigation but the judge said yesterday he would not recommend further discipline. a former police officer in a separate case with a different prostit

mills college and uc berkeley signed an agreement today to share some services and facilities. abc 7 news repor melendez tells us other colleges may eventually do the same. >> reporter: heads of uc berkeley and mills college promised to share some unique things they each have, mills a female private college offers small classes unlike uc berkeley. >> the state schools, public schools face issues of enrollment capacity and that's a place where i think the privates can really help. >> reporter: for example, an introductory biology class at cal tends to have hundreds of students. they can now enroll in that class at mills for a more direct interaction. >> so currently we run two sections of our intro to biology course. the largest one is 40 students. >> reporter: lack of student housing has been an issue at cal. mills, only nine miles away, offering 25 rooms to uc berkeley students with a shuttle service. >> we have complementary challenges and the ability to help each other move forward by relying on our distinctive strengths. >> reporter: for example, mills students can now join

nbc bay area's marianne favro live at uc berkeley with the very latest on a very disturbing story. marianne. >> reporter: it certainly is, terry. the student was attacked here outside this dorm, which is known as unit 3. and students who live here tell us he had just stepped outside to make a call on his cell phone when he was attacked. >> he got i think hit in the back of the head and beat up. i know his face is a little bit hurt. so pretty crazy. it just like happened on the street. >> reporter: tonight uc berkeley police are looking for three men who beat a student unconscious right outside his dorm. students say the victim is a cal baseball player. >> he's not a threatening kid at all. he's like a very mild-mannered kid. he's really nice. he would never do anything to like incite an incident like this. >> reporter: uc berkeley police say the victim told them the attack just before 1:00 this morning was unprovoked. an plans took the student to the hospital, where he was treated and released. he's back in his dorm tonight. tonight police sent out this warning to students telling

. >>> the former uc berkeley chancellor is speaking out about the scandal that is clouded his tenure. tonight we spoke with kpix 5's christin ayers about what went right and what went wrong. >> my term at berkeley probably saw more major crises of one kind or another than anybody since maybe 1960s. >> reporter: the former chancellor is blunt about his rocky stint at uc berkeley. he spoke about the battle over free speech and this, the scheduled speech by milo yianoppolo us that sorted it all. >> -- started it all. >> we haven't seen silence like that since the 60s. >> reporter: did you expect berkeley to become a flash point and enemy of the conservative movement under donald trump? >> when we got the tweet on the morning of february 2nd. i woke up and saw the president threatened us with the cancellation of all federal funds, that raised the stakes in a way that once again was unprecedented. >> reporter: but that wasn't the only scandal that rocked his administration. there was a major lack of funding that came as a surprise to him and impacted his ability to implement changes. and t

. >>> a sexual assault at uc berkeley has searching for the attacker. the female victim met the male suspect at a fraternity party. investigators say they haven't identified the suspects. if you have any question base this incident, you're asked to call uc berkeley police. >>> well it's last day for cities hoping to become the new amazon headquarters. at bay area made the pitch. amazon opened up bidding for a second headquarters last month. cities and states across the country went all out to lure the multibillion-dollar giant in san francisco oakland fremont and some other bay area cities. they all announced the proposals today. it includes near the oejd coliseum, fremont's warm springs and hunter point in san francisco. the company says wherever it goes it will start by hiring some 50,000 people. >>> you can let your dog run-free. the national park service announced it's dropping the decade long fight to require leashes for dogs about the bay area. this involves the /9é)5#4÷." g national recreation argue. the park sfts argued it would protect wild

we've tried to get uc berkeley on camera to explain the situation since thursday. not only were they unavailable, a spokesperson told me via e- mail he doesn't even have time to discuss the matter over the phone. instead he e-mailed that, "overall we are working to improve the process for the next year. we have been working this semester to shave down our response time. many delays may be due to application errors," which diana and sebastian both say they were told the problem was internal. >> they can't deal with the amount ofcases they have. >> additional verification processes and the number of forms may also be to blame. in the interim students were encouraged to file for loans, something both diana and sebastian have already exhausted. we're happy to say diana's financial aid came through, but clearly this deserves further investigation hopefully in the future with the help of uc berkeley. emily turner, kpix5. car break-ins skyrocketing in one bay area city, now police are changing their strategy to stop criminals before they strike. >> one city's state of the

. >>> a student at uc berkeley is recovering after he was knocked unconscious by three men on campus. good evening i'm ken wayne. >> hello, everyone. the police say it happened outside unit 3. a residence hall after midnight. tonight, the search continues for the three men responsible. smith spoke to someone who knows the victim and joins us live now from the campus with the latest on the investigation. >>> heather, a friend of the victims tells me the victim say freshman who lives here. he was walking home after hanging out with friends late last night when he was attacked. >> just saw a guy down there surrounded by the police and he looked pretty bad. >> reporter: outside, they saw a young man lying on the ground. they thought it was because of alcohol poisoning, they had no idea he was the victim of a brutal assault until they received a campus alert. >> scary. close to like where we sleep. supposed to be a safe area. >> a male in his 20s unconscious in the courtyard area flee the side gate. >> the call came in at 12:30. then men punched and beat the victim until he was unconscious

amber attended a vigil on the campus of uc berkeley. we begin with caroline shively. she is on the las vegas strip.>> reporter: if her release are right it looks likes stephen paddock -- if police are right he case other venues before he settled on this concert. he might also have been planning a car bombing. >> i'm not going to give any briefing or details about any of the examinations at this point.>> reporter: officials not saying whether an autopsy has been completed on the attacker's body. agents are looking into whether he had been sizing up other festivals. he rented another room in las vegas in september. when the light is beautiful music festival was taking place. two months before sunday's massacre a person named stephen paddock booked a hotel in chicago overlooking the lollapalooza music festival is it was taking place. chicago is stepping up security ahead of this weekend's chicago marathon. >> the fbi and atf is involved.>> reporter: police in boston confirmed investigators came across mention of the cities fenway park. police say they are aware of report

. >>> some new bragging rights for uc berkeley. where it stands this morning among the world's top universities. >>> and a man at a accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. if that isn't a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become? i'm tom steyer, and like you, i'm a citizen who knows it's up to us to do something. it's why i'm funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. a republican congress once impeached a president for far less. yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger who's mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's political and start doing what's right.

. >>> tonight the feds are pulling out of a uc berkeley project that was supposed to spotlight the black panthers, the group that started in oakland in the 1960s. the national parks service said it would spend close to $100,000 in taxpayer money on the project, but they just reversed the decision. the reason? a wave of backlash from conservative groups who call the black panthers a violent extremist group. one man wrote to president trump about how a black panther was convicted of killing this park ranger, kenneth patrick, back in the 70s. the letter says in part it is appalling that ranger patrick's own agency now proposes to partner with uc berkeley and two active members of this violent and repugnant organization. it's unclear whether the project will continue now that the funding has been pulled. >>> a small energy firm landed a 300 million dollars contract to restore power in puerto rico. and tonight some members of congress want to know how did that happen? whitefish, montana. puerto rico's bankrupt utility company awarded the contract to white fish energy based in white fish, mont

to explore that question, we're enjoyed by uc berkeley professor daniel cammen. he recently resigned as science envoy. there's often a reluctant to blame a weather event for climate change, but as you look at what's happening now in wine country, do you see the fingerprints on climate change on this? >> absolutely. it is hard to pin individual events, but the conditions you mentioned, the years of drought even with one good year we had last year, the buildup of brush, and the very hot conditions, these more extreme events, these very strong winds, these are all things that are entirely consistent with what we expect to see in a climate changed world. >> what is the relationship between climate change and wind? >> so it's not a simple relationship. when we talk about big storms like the hurricanes, we do expect those to be made more extreme. but in terms of winds, this is actually part of our seasonal pattern. it is the fall -- summer to fall transition. winds start to blow towards offshore. but all of these events we expect to become more severe, so in this case

. >>> some new bragging rights for uc berkeley >>> it is 5:43. kaiser permanente hospital is back open after being closed because of the tubbs fire. we had this live on the air. amy hollyfield showing us as patients were evacuated as flames were behind them. they reopened after a thorough cleaning. now the concern is keeping doctors at the hospital and also recruiting future doctors. that concern is about housing. many lived in the fountaingrove neighborhood near the hospital and are living in temporary housing. >> it's a real fear. a long commute isn't viable anymore. >> santa rosa memorial hospital is meeting with stakeholders to discuss rebuilding after 152 of their people lost homes. cleanup alone could go to 2018. so far no one has left the hospital. >>> witnesses are telling us what they saw during a shooting outside an air bnb home in a quiet san francisco neighborhood. it was the result of a party on october 14th that got out of hand. >> woman says she and her neighbors are still shaken. >> last night supervisor hillary ronan informed the

. >>> and uc berkeley students severely beaten on campus. who police are now looking for. >>> we continue to follow breaking news. a shooting las vegas where officials say 58 people have died and more than 500 are hurt after gunfire broke out at an outdoor country concert. the suspect was found a short time later on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort. he was shot and killed. they say he shot and killed himself before the gunman could talk to him. he has been identified as a 36 year-old man from mesquite, nevada. officials say at this point, he was acting alone. they are still trying to determine a motive for the attack -- the attack, now the deadliest shooting in history. >>> a planned training exercise, all part of fleet week. >> leigh martinez at zucker burke hospital to bring us more. >> reporter: this is the first time we have had the hurricanes but in our case it would be an earthquake so if the big one were to hit, with the staging and marines, the city and state services joining me now as craig johnson. this -- he is the chief

. >>> a uc berkeley student says she was sexually assaulted in a dorm room. uc police say it happened in the unit one residence hall. the 18-year-old says she met her attacker at a fraternity party and was assaulted around 2:00 a.m. sunday morning. police say they currently have no description of the suspect. >>> now to the disputed phone call by president trump to a grieving military widow. just what he said depends on whom you ask. here's abc7 news senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporte: myesha johnson was there to receive her husband's remains, their 6-year-old daughter by her side. johnson six months pregnant with her third child. just moments before this phone call from president trump. myesha johnson answered in the car and listening on speaker phone, congresswoman frederica wilson. >> i heard him say, well, i guess you know you knee what he was signing up for, but it still hurts. and i couldn't believe that he said that. >> reporter: wilson said the president never mentioned sergeant johnson by name. >> he kept referring to him as yo

. >>> uc berkeley police are warning women on campus that a man that attempted to sexually assault a woman is on the loose. the victim fought with her attacker. >> it's rather shocking but kind of out of the ordinary. >> reporter: a campus warning alert notified uc berkeley students about an attempted sexual assault on a woman jogging along the fire trail. >> i think the way anything that's on you can be a weapon and help you to defend. >> reporter: in the if female jogger's case investigators say she used her strength to defend herself. police say the female jogger says the suspect ran up from behind her, then tackled her and tried to remove her shorts and fondled her. she fought back, he ran away. the man is described as a white male in his 50s, about 6 feet tall wearing khaki pants and a gray beard. >> i guess being a woman in general is scary alone. so, yeah, it's a weird world we're living in. >> i guess it's a scary thing. i guess i don't have to think about those things so much, so it's not great to hear that. >> reporter: campus police would like anyone with information about

of conversation at uc-berkeley. and now today, the university is hosting a symposium to mark the 53rd anniversary of the "free speech" movement. some of the speakers include carol christ, public policy professor and former labor secretary robert reich will deliver the keynote address. the dean of the graduate school of journalism will also discuss free speech in the age of social media. the event starts at 9:30 and will run until 6:30 this evening. >>> president trump is dismissing reports of tensions within the west wing at a news conference secretary of state rex tillerson saying that he fully supports the president. he has never considered resigning from his administration. for his part, the president said he has total confidence in tillerson after reports claim that tillerson called the president a moron. this morning president trump said he never threatened to resign. this is fake news put out by nbc news. low news, no verification from me. >>> the house homeland security commission has given the go-ahead to a

. >>> now to uc berkeley where a trio of assault suspects are on the run tonight. they brutally beat a student outside some residence halls this morning then took off around durant avenue. maria medina with what makes the case so unsettling. >> reporter: taylor lowry lives in a dorm just steps from where the latest crime at uc berkeley took place. >> yeah, it's scary because this is where we live. >> reporter: the quad area where she felt safe enough to nap this afternoon is where university police say the altercation between a group of guys and a male student first took place just before 1:00 this morning. it eventually became physical and spilled on to durant avenue. >> it was sent today at 10:53 a.m. >> reporter: police e-mailed students this morning, asking them to be on the look-out for the three suspects who beat the victim so badly, they knocked him out, sending him to a hospital. >> then we all checked our e-mails and talked about like, wow, that's kind of scary. >> reporter: investigators say they're now looking through surveillance camera footage and talk

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. >>> here at home a uc berkeley student beaten on campus. we will tell you who police are looking for this morning. >>> we are following breaking news from las vegas where 50 people have been killed and 515 when people at the concert heard hundreds of loud pops they thought it was fireworks but then they saw people falling to the ground. the suspected gunman was found inside of a room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel. the gunman shot and killed himself after police could talk to him. he is a 64-year-old from mesquite, nevada. investigators believe he acted alone. police are trying to determine a possible motive. this is the deadliest shooting in modern us history. >>> a student from uc berkeley is recovering after being knocked unconscious outside of a residence hall over the weekend. >> we saw a guy surrounded by police. >> out side of spens-black hall in berkeley they saw a young man lying on the ground they thought it was because of alcohol they had no idea he was the victim of a brutal assault. >> it is definitely scary becaus

whitney mgbara / uc berkeley grad student - it shows that we can't do this all by ourselves. we need men to really step up and say this is not ok because just posting a hashtag is great, but at the end of the day that's not what's gonna drive the change. what drives the change, is when people recognize what they have been doing is wrong and make a concerted effort to change.and there are men willing to step in and help ray arnold / supports #metoo movement - i think it would be more appropriate for more men to step up because what's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong.standupas for last weekend's sex assault at cal, police say the female victim met the suspect at a fraternity party.this is an ongoing investigation.keep in mind sexual assault here in california can include up to 10 years in prison. as for last weekend's sex assault at cal, police say the female victim met the suspect at a fraternity party.this is an ongoing investigation.keep in mind sexual assault here in california can include up to 10 years in prison.as for last weekend's sex assault at cal, police sa

. >>> the first visit to uc berkeley, free speech was a hot topic of conversation at uc berkeley. the university is hosting a panel discussion on the issue that is being hosted by penn america. >>> president donald trump urges house republicans to urge -- to move the senate house budget. it is expected to clear the way for what the president said our historic tax reforms. >> tax cuts and tax reform. the biggest cuts ever in the history of this country. >>> in a usa today op-ed, trump claimed the plan will, quote, bring back trillions of american dollars currently oversees and will raise the average family income by about $4000. >>> ivanka trump is hitting the road to sell her father's tax reform plan. she visits pennsylvania for a town hall on the issue. >>> japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, plan strong countermeasures against north korea. he won the parliamentary election and north korea has fired missiles over japan in recent months. shinzo abe plans to discuss his plans with president donald trump, visiting next month. >>> a topic that comes up is the nuclear threat initiativ

. >>> the uc berkeley community is on alert after a female student was sexually assaulted on a hiking trail friday off campus. a student was jogging on the upper fire trail where a man tackled and sexually assaulted her. an alert sent out to students says the attacker tried to pull off the girls running shorts and fondle her before she was able to break free and run away. students are taking precautions and going out in groups. >> all my runs this weekend i'm planning with friends because of this. that's why we are all hiking together. >> we like to go outside and experience the outdoors. definitely something that is concerning, if i chose to do this alone. >> the attacker is a man in his 50s with a graying beard and graying shoulder-length hair. he was wearing khaki pants at the time. >>> police are still searching for the hit and run driver who hit two cyclists leaving them hospitalized. the crash happened around 2:00 yesterday afternoon in danville on diablo road near clydesdale. a siller ford escape hit the group and kept going. two cyclists were critically injured and taken to th

at uc berkeley. campus police released this surveillance video of three men accused of beating a student in residence hall on durant avenue. victim lost consciousness and taken to hospital. if you have information, call the police. >>> calling for action after fatal pedestrian accident on highway 1. chp officer killed a burlingame man as he crossed the highway. locals say the road is dangerous. chp not saying much about the officer involved in the collision except he's off duty next few days, not placed on the administrative leave. >>> one-time stanford student one of the winners of nobel prize in medicine. sharing award with two other americans, honored for information about the body's daily rhythms. opening new fields of research and raising importance of getting good night's sleep. never to be underestimated. >>> power, clean water and food slowly getting to hurricane-ravaged puerto rico. >> what fema still has to do as president trump visits tomorrow. >>> shooting in las vegas brings up gun debat

this professor at uc berkeley and the author of the book, when police kill. >> there are substantial indications that the presence or absence of a camera does make a difference. >> a new study suggest the difference may be -- not be a change in the behavior. the study compared 1000 officers on the washington dc police force with body cameras with 1000 officers without. during an 18 month period there was little difference in behavior when it came to use of force. civilian complaints or the number of charging decisions made by prosecutors. professor -- the professor said there is evidence to show a difference in prosecutions of officers when the shootings are deadly. >> our indications there and none of the studies have directly addressed this are that it increases by a factor of 6 criminal prosecutions. >> reporter: vocal civil rights leader see other benefits from body cameras. george holland senior, the president of the oakland chapter of the naacp, said the cameras provide a needed sense of accountability. >> any tool that we can use to level the field of justice, we need to do it

. >>> uc berkeley has partnered to blds how the brain is wired. the national institutes of health is funding the 65.5 million brain atlas effort to count, catalogue and connect the he very many different cell types in the mouse brain. scientists will uses it to map the human brain. they are using it >>> what is the price of happiness? >> 1.2 million. that's how much the house of einstein fixed. one of them, the theories for happy living. einstein gave them to a courier in tokyo in 1922 as a tip thinking they would be valuable someday. one reads a calm and humble than the pursuit of happiness. >>> every year it seems like christmas music plays just a little earlier. believe it or not, target is putting a stop to that trend. customers have explained about christmas coming too early at target so you won't see any of the red and green decorations until after thanksgiving. remember, that's how it used to be. every weekend during the >>> coming up at 6:00 -- >> he was not being verbally aggressive, physically aggressive. he needed help. >> the death of

with free speech a hot topic at uc berkeley, the lessons for today. especially given the tremendous influence of social media. >> my students here at berkeley, the best way to learn is to talk to somebody who disagrees with you. >> but recent events had people doing more shouting than listening. in the case of a canceled speech by miles yiannopoul >> i don't know how many peoplo are into doing it because they want to have a rumble.rumble.ru. one of the major, a tents of the free speech movement in the 1960s. he thinks these are counter productive. >> when you attack and try to limit the speech of anyone, even if it is very valueless speech, then you run into a wall of opposition that unites everybody against you. >> one huge factor now, the internet. it is rolling shaping speech and the often contentious dialogue among people of differing views. in berkeley, laura anthony. abc7 news. >>> a bay area sculptor wants to place a message of women's empowerment right where the white house can see it. there was a nude woman known as r evolution at their studi

. >> plus, the free speech showdown rocks the campus of uc- berkeley. but now the university is taking the movement to washington, dc. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. >>> flames tear through a south bay restaurant early this morning. the investigation now under way. >> we can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. >> president trump takes action against the deadliest drug crisis in u.s. history. why some say it's not enough. >> plus, comments by the sheriff of the santa clara county jail adds fuel to a hunger strike. >> and -- >> we were fortunate with this fire. we did not have high winds. >> the bear fire in the santa cruz mountains is out. but the follow yacht for those who caused it is far from over. >> good morning, it is friday, october 27th. i'm kenny choi.

the uc berkeley published find when there was a nevada gun show, there was a 70% spike in gun violence in california communities in the two weeks following the gun show. we are talking communities within a driving distance to nevada. now, one of the issues may be that nevada requires no background check on private sales like the ones you see at gun shows. now, the study found no such surge in violence after the california gun shows. they suggest california's gun laws work to curb that violence. here, gun show sales require those background checks and the ten-day waiting period, which nevada does not. this is weeks after stephen paddock shot and killed 58 people before killing himself. authorities are still trying to track down where paddock got all of his guns, according to nbc news, the gun tracing system in the u.s. realized on paper record, if you can believe that. we should mention this study was partially funded by the national institute of health and we are going to post some of the methodology on www.nbcbayarea.com. we know when there is a study, a lot of folks like to know the

the discovery made by at uc berkeley. the collision created a huge burst of gama waves be causing a ripple in the fabric of space. caused the bright blue light and we got the gold platinum and uranium. >> you're excite bd that. >> we will see you the 6:00. >> bye. >>> tonight, whiplash, president trump points the finger of blame and paints a united front, a free wheeling p.r. blitz as the president makes a false accusation against his predecessors. >>> drug czar controversy, the president's pick under fire. the law he pushed helped fuel the opioid crisis. >>> plus prescription price secrets. an investigation news investigation paying for meds without using insurance can be cheaper. tonight the question you should be asking at the pharmacy. >>> suing the nfl, the first player to kneel during the national anthem accuses team owners of now conspiring to keep him off the field. >>> air scare, a terrifying scene. panic in the cabin, passengers texting od

. >> now henry brady, dean of the uc berkeley public policy says a limited gun control bill might pass congress but warns if both parties try to add or lossen other regulations it's possible nothing will be done. >> our early friday morning community. >> good morning. right now we have a nice looking start to a friday commute. we like it to stay nice and quiet. we can wish. northbound 101 from gill roy to san jose looks good. traffic is going to be okay if you are driving into the silicon valley. there have been no major problems. the traffic is still looking good as you drive throughout the entire bay area. we have that accident 580 at greenville. it's been there are for a bit. traffic is a little bit slow over the altamont pass getting to greenville road. if you get on the freeway after are greenville road it's better for you. before, you're going to get slow traffic in the area. >> 280 in san jose where traffic is light through the downtown area and the bay bridge as you drive into san francisco. >> it's 4:19 steve. >> good morning. we have clear skies. see if any patchy fog forms.

at uc berkeley, lisa emin ga leashion, abc7 news. >> tomorrow's edition of "20/20" is devoted to the mass shooting. you'll hear from the heroes who helped victims in this tragedy tomorrow night at 10:00 here on abc7 followed by abc7 news at 11:00. >>> a clerical error, a clerical error is why an inmate was released by mistake in santa clara county but when he started posting selfies, that's when authorities pounced. katie marzullo is in san jose with the story. >> reporter: september 28th, david lopez walked out of the correction counsel facility in milpitas a freeman. the problem is earlier, he was sentenced to eight years in state prison. >> we wales people make mistakes. we can't allow this where it endangers the public. >> reporter: it was made by a civilian clerk in the department of corrections. lp lopez sentenced for two crimes eight years for armed robbery and pistol whipping the victim and time served for grand theft. the clerk processed only the paperwork for the time served case so he was released. lopez posted selfies on instagram along with what appears to be a shopping

. >> reporter: she lives steps from where the latest crime at uc berkeley took place. >> yeah, it is scary, this is where we live. >> the quad area is where university police say the altercation between a group of guys and a male student took place just before 1:00 a.m. this morning. it became physical and spilled on to the street. >> it was sent today. >> reporter: police e-mailed students this morning asking them to be on the look out for three suspects. they knocked him out sending him to the hospital. >> we talked about, like, wow, like, that is scary. >> reporter: investigators are looking for surveillance video and talking to witness to identify the suspects who the victim claims he didn't know. >> looking for trouble. >> i want to know who he is and why he got attacked. >> reporter: it is unknown if the suspects are students. one was wearing all black. the second a red hat and the third suspect a plaid shirt and white shoes. maria medina, kpix 5. >> the victim has been leased from the hospital. >>> a b.a.r.t. passenger robbed at gun point and tonight two suspects are on the lo

we talked to a uc berkeley law professor whose research has the findings. the behind-the-scenes training in california, watch the story tonight at 11:00 or go to www.nbcbayarea.com/we investigate. nbc bay area news. >> if you have a story idea for any of us, call 888-996-tips or visit www.nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate . >>> a pharmaceutical founder is behind bars trying to get doctors to overprescribe opioids. it's meant to treat cancer patients. he and six former executives gave kickbacks to practitioners who wrote large numbers of prescriptions for their patients, most of whom were not diagnosed with cancer. >>> 4:49. the first glimpse at a proposed border wall. u.s. customs officials inveiled eight different prototypes you see there. each chunk stands 30 feet tall, 25 feet wall. the deputy commissioner toured the site and reiterated the importance of a strong border infrastructure. >> border security relies on infrastructure, technology and personnel. we have to have partnerships with federal states and locals. it is an effective part of the security stra