thompson: mr. chair, i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. correa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. correa: i thank the chairman and ranking member. this bill is about the truth, it's about the truth behind the assault on our capitol. enough with lies and conspiracy theories. the january 6 commission will have the power, power to find the truth and will have subpoena power to compel people to testify under oath under penalty of perjury and an attack on our capitol and democracy and attack on the election of our president, these cannot be tolerated and cannot happen again. what happened january 6, this is about sunshine, this bill is about transparency. that's why i ask for every member on this floor, i ask you to vote aye on this important measure. and with that, i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentleman from mississippi reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr.

thompson: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3233, the national commission to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol complex act. on january 6, the world watched americans storm the capitol and engage in violence to try to intimidate and prevent congress from carrying out its constitutional duty to certify a presidential election. a solemn process central to the peaceful transfer of power in our democracy. many of us sitting here today were rushed out of this very chamber by capitol police to safety as violent attackers roamed the halls. hunting for our colleagues and the vice president. i was in the gallery that day watching the debate when this temple of our democracy was desecrated and debased. at least one capitol police officer died because of the violence that day. others died too. and there were extensive injuries associated with the attacks, not the least of which was the body blows to americans' confidence that the reforms undertaken after the 9/11 terrorist atta

rep cooper: general thompson? general thompson: thank you for the opportunity to testify today as vice chief of space operations. on behalf of the chief of space operations, and joined by these outstanding leaders on the panel, it's a pleasure to provide you details on the newest military service and informed of our plans for the coming year. i would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to congress for its bipartisan support of establishing the u.s. space force and addressing the challenges the nation faces in space. year one of the space force's existence has been standing up the new service. the collaboration of congress, space force has made strides in the first year. establishing the organizational blueprint for the service, moving aggressively in the area of human capital, acquisition and integration and provided the foundation for a service. executing our missions around the clock and without fail. year two will be the integration of space force into the inner agency and with our allies and partners as w

rep cooper: general thompson? general thompson: thank you for the opportunity to testify today as vice chief of space operations. on behalf of the chief of space operations, and joined by these outstanding national security space leaders on the panel, it's a pleasure to provide you details on the newest military service and inform you of our plans for the coming year. i would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to congress for its bipartisan support in establishing the u.s. space force on december 20, 2019 and addressing the challenges the nation faces in space. you are one of the space forces -- year one of the space force's existence has been standing up the new service. the collaboration of congress, space force has made strides in the first year. establishing the organizational blueprint for the service, moving aggressively in the area of human capital, acquisition and integration, and providing the foundation for a service. executing our missions around the clock and without fail. year two will be the in

so two questions for general thompson and general cleveland, i'll start with you general thompson. general cleveland states in his opening statement that earth's orbit is no longer a benign environment. we threats from foreign nations. it is basically our understanding that space is now becoming a war fighting domain. now mr. hill talked about deterrence, which of course is a more difficult thing to accomplish because you're -- it is not just operational, that is effecting the assessment by your adverse your a. but when you talk about deterrence, we talk about resiliency. and we now see threats to space from the ground, threats to space in space, we see if the future maybe threats from the ground from space. so clearly we must change. we're looking to -- ways in which we could also rely on commercial access. one of the things that you think that we need to be doing immediately and how fast, how quickly can be do them, general thompson? >> so,ive turner thanks so much for that. there are a whole host of answers to that question. but certainly in interest of time i'll just limit myse

rep cooper: general thompson? general thompson: thank you for the opportunity to testify today as vice chief of space operations. on behalf of the chief of space operations, and joined by these outstanding leaders on the panel, it's a pleasure to provide you details on the newest military service and informed of our plans for the coming year. i would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to congress for its bipartisan support of establishing the u.s. space force and addressing the challenges the nation faces in space. you are one of the space forces existence has been standing up the new service. the collaboration of congress, space force has made strides in the first year. establishing the organizational blueprint for the service, moving aggressively in the area of human capital, acquisition and integration and provided the foundation for a service. executing our missions around the clock and without fail. year two will be the integration of space force into the inner agency and with our allies and partners as

thompson. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3233, the national commission to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol complex act. on january 6, the world watched americans storm the capitol and engage in violence to try to intimidate and prevent congress from carrying out its constitutional duty to certify a presidential election. a solemn process central to the peaceful transfer of power in our democracy. many of us sitting here today were rushed out of this very chamber by capitol police to safety as violent attackers roamed the halls. hunting for our colleagues and the vice president. i was in the gallery that day

thompson went on to commit many more hideous crimes. i asked the da why he did not do more to keep thompson behind bars? >> i saw his face and this is the guy that stabbed that other mail in 2017. >> reporter: benjamin gonzales recognized thompson's face and his body movement the moment that he saw this video i obtained. showing a man violently stabbing two asian women while they were waiting for this bus stop on market street. this was so violently thrust into this 85-year-old it punctured her lung when the knife handle broke off. engine was a security guard at this homeless shelter. along fifth and bryant he witnessed and restrained thompson after he randomly attacked another man. >> you would just lay on the bed. he came up and stamped him right in the chest with scissors. the look on his face was unbelievable. it was very calm but very violent. he tried to push him out window. >> reporter: he has a long criminal history including multiple assaults with a deadly weapon from 2017 and 2019. he was released on mental health diversion in

thompson's arraignment has been moved to monday. as for benjamin, he said what happened in 2017 changed his life forever. he is now a school crossing guard because he wants to continue helping others but this time, children. in the newsroom, dion lynn, abc 7 news. >>> joining me now a san francisco's supervisor rafael mendel man, thank you for joining us today. this attack that talking about happened in broad daylight on market street. obviously, you can put a police officer on every corner, there are the resources for that. the bigger question, is the city doing enough to protect its citizens? >> no, i don't think so. i do think there is blame to go around. i don't think our criminal justice system is responding as well as it should but i don't think our public health system is responding as well, either. when there's an old, long store in california, talking folks out of the mental institutions, we are trying to find alternatives for incarceration. just shutting the door on the institution doesn't mean we have a safe place for the

thompson back in 2020. as the d.a. you and members of your office have every right to object. why did you not object? boudin sidestepped my question. >> the people who suffer from mental illness in ways that leave them to get arrested, get treatment that can hopefully prevent future criminal conduct. >> reporter: that prevention clearly did not work. two seniors are now recovering from serious injuries in the hospital. >> thompson's arraignment has been moved to monday. as for benjamin, he said what happened in 2017 changed his life forever. he is now a school crossing guard because he wants to continue helping others, this time children. in the newsroom dion lim, abc7 news. >>> a major milestone tonight as a third of the u.s. population is now fully vaccinated against covid-19. it comes as pfizer takes a major step forward seeking full approval for its covid vaccine. >> it's a signal that we have so much safety data now on millions and tens of millions of people that we can get the full authorization, the full approval. it will also give confidence to a lot of people who have

a revelation which in jason thompson's devastated mine would register later. just now his whole life was a bomb creator. >> erin was like my heart, my soul mates, i waited all these years but i had an ideal and i was searching for her. >> and she as she told everybody has been looking for him. aaron was a single mom when he met her brilliant smile, she was a hairdresser who love to dance, and she was a secret in all matters spiritual. her mother, diana. >> she was single and a young mother and she was wondering what she was going to do with her life. she answered her own question just said, as long as i'm about the business of spreading love, it doesn't matter. >> erin married jason in the summer of 2006 in the glorious montana sunshine. and young cadence scenes as pleased as she was. caid and who shared his mother and use stepfathers craving for outdoors adventures. >> backpacking on the coast and in the mountains, river rafting, it was all about sharing that time together. >> yes and there was that planned aaron had with her sister amber. >> we always had a

. >> general thompson? >> chairman cooper, ranking members, and the stingless members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today in my capacity as chief operations of united states -- nine states space force. it is a pleasure to provide you details today on the newest u.s. military service and inform you of our plans of the coming year. i would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to congress and by sport -- bipartisan support in establishing the space force in 2019 and your leadership in addressing the challenges we face in space. year one of the space force existence has been focused on standing up this new service. with outreach and collaboration with congress, we have made tremendous strides in the first year. establishing and resourcing the organizational blueprints of the service, moving aggressively in the areas of human capital, design, integration, and providing the foundations to establish a digital service. all while executing critical space missions around the clock

i pressed district to y he didn't do more to keep thompson off the streets. you have blamed the judge for the mental health diversion of mr. thompson back in 2020. as the d.a. you and members of your office have every right to object. why did you not object? boudin sidestepped my question. >> the people who suffer from mental illness in ways that leave them to get arrested, get treatment that can hopefully prevent future criminal conduct. >> reporter: that prevention clearly did not work. two seniors are now recovering from serious injuries in the hospital. >> thompson's arraignment has been moved to monday. as for benjamin, he said what happened in 2017 changed his life forever. he is now a school crossing guard because he wants to continue helping others, this time children. in the newsroom dion lim, abc7 news. >>> a major milestone tonight as a third of the u.s. population is now fully vaccinated against covid-19. it comes as pfizer takes a major step forward seeking full approval for its covid vaccine. >> it's a signal that we have so much safety data now

thompson was suffering from a mental health crisis. >> reporter: he says with proper care thompson is not a threat and cites a former program he was put into after a prior assault. >> he willingly participated in and successfully completed a rigorous mental health program. there was a system failure due to the covid crisis last year that led to this situation. >> reporter: outside court, several community members showed up to voice their anger about the attack and the fact there is no hate crime charge currently. >> are you going to send him to prison or what is going to go on with his case because we're sick with people getting released that hurt our elders. we're sick of it. >> i absolutely share your outrage. >> reporter: they're demanding accountability. >> given the history of the conduct he has, he needs to be away from people for a long time. >> reporter: he's being held without bail. in san francisco, christie smith. >>> another high-profile case in the east bay now. the family of a mentally ill man say they will continue to seek justice even though the d.a. will not charge th

police arrested 54 year-old patrick thompson a short time later. later after thompson apparently refused to appear in court to face 2 charges. each of attempted murder assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse. the deputy public defender representing him asked the public to hold their judgment. well, the facts are gathered and want to be clear that this is not a hate crime. >> there's no evidence to support a hate crime. we know is that mister thompson was suffering from a mental health crisis and the psychiatric be hospitalized immediately after this incident outside activists yelled at the district attorney, do your job. i absolutely share your outrage this case is outrageous. the violence. >> that the elders in our chinese community are experiencing is sickening. >> and we must do a better job as a city to keep our community safe on the dia says thompson seen here in an earlier booking photo faces the possibility of life in prison. >> those who showed up to protest say they've had enough of asian americans and pacific islanders being attacked

. >> reporter: the man in video is 54-year-old patrick thompson. san francisco's district attorney filed attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse charges against thompson thursday. >> i mean, you kane downplay this. yeah. that's what he should be charged wonderful >> reporter: that from tracy mccray who says this crime could have been avoided all together if thompson previously charged with assault with a deadly weapon in a separate case hundred been let out from the napa state hospital and then enrolled in a mental health diversion program. >> he shouldn't have been out in the first place. a prior criminal with an unprovoked attack before. >> reporter: officers were able to catch thompson just hours after this tuesday attack. sources provided us with this x-ray i that was stuck inside oe of their lungs. >> hopefully he'll stay behind bars for a long, long time. >>> the fbi is increasing efforts and resources to combat hate crimes in northern california. a new four-pronged approach includes increasing investigative activity im

a judge found thompson incompetent to stand trial and sent him to napa state hospital after which he entered a mental health diversion program. >> it permits almost anyone to qualify for diversion. >> reporter: he has been outspoken about mental health diversion programs, granted in many cases. >> you see the same individuals who have recently committed acts of violence and serious offenses, get into trouble again and to do the same thing over and over. >> reporter: they charged thompson with attempted murder, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. one of the victims lungs was punctured, and then i've had to be removed from the other victim at the hospital. peter murphy is working on a pilot program at the mental health association of san francisco. >> return to reach people before they get into a crisis. >> reporter: the judge granted thomson's request to leave the program after participating for more than two years. >> unfortunately, many times people who end up in the criminal justice stem don't receive any services related to their mental health until they are arrested and

patrick thompson, failed to appear for his arraignment today. thompson was charged with attempted murder, assault and elder abuse, but he wasn't accused of any hate crime. okla merely be shabby unveiled her city budget today, including a slight decrease in police spending community groups of call for slashing the police budget, saying the money would be better spent on community programs. somewhere. chef says the city is setting up new non police response for emergencies such as mental health related calls. you're watching ktvu fox two news at 6 33 earthquakes shook the tahoe area region late last night. in a span of about 10 minutes, the largest was a 4.7 magnitude centered around north of truckee. but some people in the bay area got earthquake alerts on their phones and ktvu tom vacar explains why. earthquake drop cover! hold on and 9 35 pacific time on thursday night and much quicker than in the blink of an eye. the west coast shake alert system notified hundreds of thousands of northern californians to expect an immediate earthquake to provi

that is because patrick thompson, the man accused of stabbing two asian women in an unprovoked attack on tuesday refused to leave his jail cell that day. >> i am disappointed because i was hoping to proceed today. the case will move forward. i will be here on monday personally to get an agreement. was he met with the victims and their families and is presiding over the case to pursue justice on their behalf. his decision to appear in court however only drew more questions from his critics.>> a ton of other cases, a ton of other families, what does he hope to gain? s tst jufor him?i a political stunt, what is it. the city police officers union called it a political move.>> a handful of doing critics gathered outside the courthouse while he spoke.>> i share the outrage. this case is outrageous. the violence that the other loose and our chinese community are experiencing is sickening. we must do a better job as a city to keep our communities safe.>> back inside the public defender's office stressed that thompson is not charged with a hate crime. they pointed his mental health history.>>

later after thompson apparently refused to appear in court to face 2 charges. each of attempted murder assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse. the deputy public defender representing him asked the public to hold their judgment while the facts are gathered and want to be clear that this is not a hate crime. >> there's no evidence to support a hate crime. we know mister thompson was suffering from a mental health crisis and the psychiatric be hospitalized immediately after this incident outside activists yelled at the district attorney, do your job. i absolutely share your outrage this case is outrageous. the violence. >> that the elders and our chinese community are experiencing is sickening. >> and we must do a better job as a city to keep our community safe on the dia says thompson seen here in an earlier booking photo faces the possibility of life in prison. >> those who showed up to protest say they've had enough of asian americans and pacific islanders being attacked. the lely. this all you hear is people getting shot getting pushed to death. >> peopl

we'll come back to congressman thompson. senator padilla is a member of the judiciary and homeland security committees. senator, this week you chaired your first senate judiciary committee immigration subcommittee hearing. you were the first latino u.s. senator to do so, and you discussed the essential role of immigrant workers and the need to thank them with a pathway to citizenship that they deserve. what would that pathway look like? >> appreciate the opportunity, reverend, to be on the show and talk about on going efforts and negotiations on immigration reform broadly. i think most people have tracked a growing support and momentum on a bipartisan basis, frankly, to taking care of daca participants and dreamers more broadly. same thing with farmworkers and other categories. my first bill as a senator, and the topic of the first hearing you mentioned this last week makes a similar pitch for all the immigrants that have been working in our country as essential workers throughout the pandemic. think about all the frontline

thompson, let me turn to you. this issue that again now goes more to the international side, but the canadians have -- they're normally our good neighbors. they're my state's only neighbor, if you don't include russia. but they've closed the borders. we're talking about international travel here. people can't even drive to my state. it's been very frustrating. do you have a message for our neighbors here in north america about tourism? a lot of neighbors go to canada for tourism. that's obviously not happening. what's your sense there? if you could comment on my visit america act, we're getting ready to introduce that again, senate schott, senator king, welcome if the ranking member and chair here on this committee are interested. we think that's a really important bill to bring in more international tourists to elevate tourism as a real, important component in our councils of government here. there's not one senate-confirmed official in america in charge of tourism and most countries have ministers, cabinet offic

as for stone, she's fine in the lead, but thompson steals the show at every turn. the film may be called cruella, but it's the baroness who holds our attention. just as it's thompson rather than stone who channels the electrifying screen energy of glenn close. you can find cruella in cinemas and on disney+ with premier access now. on the subject of electrifying screen energy, ben whishaw really makes the sparks fly in surge. what is that? joseph, what are you doing? mate? what is it? scott... well you need that, put that there. mate, what you doing? joseph? zip this up. come on. emre, it really doesn't matter. he plastoseph, a young man on the verge of a breakdown who finds himself in the throes of an increasingly reckless manic episode. having torched hisjob in airport security, lonelyjoseph goes to visit his parents where broiling family tensions merely fuel his anxieties. you swallow so loudly, joseph. one run in with a cash machine later, and joseph goes completely off the rails, with future director, aneil karia, compelling us into his frenetic world with real

. >> reporter: the man in video is 54-year-old patrick thompson. san francisco's district attorney filed attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse charges against thompson thursday. >> i mean, you kane downplay this. yeah. that's what he should be charged wonderful >> reporter: that from tracy mccray who says this crime could have been avoided all together if thompson previously charged with assault with a deadly weapon in a separate case hundred been let out from the napa state hospital and then enrolled in a mental health diversion program. >> he shouldn't have been out in the first place. a prior criminal with an unprovoked attack before. >> reporter: officers were able to catch thompson just hours after this tuesday attack. sources provided us with this x-ray image showing the broken knife that was stuck inside one of their lungs. >> hopefully he'll stay behind bars for a long, long time. >>> the fbi is increasing efforts and resources to combat hate crimes in northern california. a new four-pronged approach includes increa

as for stone, she's fine in the lead, but thompson steals the show at every turn. the film may be called cruella, but it's the baroness who holds our attention. just as it's thompson rather than stone who channels the electrifying screen energy of glenn close. you can find cruella in cinemas and on disney+ with premier access now. on the subject of electrifying screen energy, ben whishaw really makes the sparks fly in surge. what is that? joseph, what are you doing? mate? what is it? scott... well, you need that, put that there. mate, what you doing? joseph? zip this up. come on. emre, it really doesn't matter. he plastoseph, a young man on the verge of a breakdown who finds himself in the throes of an increasingly reckless manic episode. having torched hisjob in airport security, lonelyjoseph goes to visit his parents where broiling family tensions merely fuel his anxieties. you swallow so loudly, joseph. one run—in with a cash machine later, and joseph goes completely off the rails, with first—time feature director, aneil karia, compelling us into his freneti

instead thompson received a mental health diversion and the charge was later dismissed. the attack on tuesday sent both victims to the hospital. the family of 85-year-old chuy fong said she was in surgery for hours intu expected to recover. the other victim is also expected to survive. investigators are still trying to determine a possible motive. >> we do believe that this attack was totally random. we have evidence. >>> the alameda county sheriff's office is asking for outside goc autopsy.review the gonzclez died in police custody 2.5 weeks ago. police body cam video shows the 26-year-old held downe for more than six minutes. once the sheriff's office completes its autopsy, pathologists from outside the area will conduct peer review of those results. >>> formally requesting grand jury proceedings against at-large mayor dominic popoli. requesting her office consider proceedings for willful or corrupt misconduct in office. seven women have accused him of sexual assault. he denies the allegations and has refused calls to resign but has taken a step back from an active rol

he says thompson stabbed one of the women so violently the knife punctured her lung, then stabbed the other with so much force the blade broke. in video of the scene after the tuesday attack you can see the handle of the knife on the pavement. the blade had to be removed from one of the victims at the hospital. downtown san francisco's network of security cameras captured this image of the suspect, patrick thompson. >> throw the book at him. i just don't want him getting out on something with mental issues. i want him locked up forever and never to be on the streets again. >> reporter: that's the voice of andrew eng, the grandson of 85-year-old victim chui fung eng. he asked he not be interviewed on camera for his family's safety. he said he and his sister enjoyed a morning visit with her in the hospital. >> she was incredibly happy to see me and my sister. she was smiling the whole time, we held her hand. >> reporter: they raised $100,000 with a gofundme campaign on her behalf and offered half the money to the 65-year-old woman who was also attacked. she declined the money so, they p

in chairman bennie thompson. they came to gathering up bipartisan way. >> let me follow up on that point. you mentioned, spent? , republican of new york who worked on this bipartisan agreement. the looming question is whether or not the republican leader in the house, kevin mccarthy, will go along with his plan. what are you hearing from your gop collects. >> it is split. last week was on a good week for the republican congress -- conference, because the whole cheney thing makes this worse. they are sort of purging anyone who shows any independence and that is not a good look for the party. politics is about addition, not subtraction. attic republicans make a mistake when they start pushing people out instead of bringing people and. however, i will say is a former hard-core conservative congressman, it is an leader mccarthy's best interest to do this. it really is. go ahead. independently look at this. document this. no form of the changes. then you do not have to be so much on the defense of all the time. part o

as for stone, she's fine in the lead, but thompson steals the show at every turn. the film may be called cruella, but it's the baroness who holds our attention. just as it's thompson rather than stone who channels the electrifying screen energy of glenn close. you can find cruella in cinemas and on disney+ with premier access now.

as for stone, she's fine in the lead, but thompson steals the show at every turn. the film may be called cruella, but it's the baroness who holds our attention. just as it's thompson rather than stone who channels the electrifying screen energy of glenn close. you can find cruella in cinemas and on disney plus with premier access now. on the subject of electrifying screen energy, ben wishaw really makes the sparks fly in search. ——makes the sparks fly in surge. what is that? what are you doing? mate? what is it? well, you need that, put that there. mat, what you doing? lift this up. it really doesn't matter. he plastoseph, a young man on the verge of a breakdown who finds himself in the throes of an increasingly reckless manic episode. having torched hisjob in airport security, lonelyjoseph goes to visit his parents where broiling family tensions merely fuel his anxieties. you did it so loudly, joseph. one run in with a cash machine later, and joseph goes completely off the rails, with future director, aneil karia, compelling us into his frenetic world with rea

thompson was charged. with attempted murder, assault and elder abuse, but he wasn't accused of any hate crimes. at this point in time. we do not have any information that suggests a specific motive, such as hate crimes. san francisco dhs. a. bodine showed up personally in court to represent the prosecution. this case is that regis the violence that the elders and l chinese community are experiencing is sickening, and we must do a better job as a city to keep our community safe. kind of reads me like a publicity stunt. tracy mcraven. as president of the san francisco police union, blasted bodeen, a former public defender for handling the case himself, just something he's doing, because he's been, you know, under fire for his policies, and you know the crime, the repeat offenders repeat offenders like thompson, he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial after being charged in 2017 was stabbing a man with scissors at the homeless shelter. he was sent to napa state hospital and mental health diversion. i

thompson in 2020. as the da you and members of your office have every right to object. why did you not object >> he that prevention clearly did not work. two seniors now recovering from serious injures in the it>>s nmbeen moved to monday. as for benjamin he said what happened in 2017 changed his life forever. he is now a school crossing guard because he wants to continue helping others, this time children. in the newsroom. abc7 news. >>> happening today alameda will consider changing the way police respond to certain 911 calls. it's in response to the death of mario gonzalez last month. he died after officers restrained him by putting knees had not his back. three officers are on leave as the department investigates. city officials are looking into requiring nonpolice responses to certain emergencies. that is going to be discussed at a special city council meeting at 3:00 p.m. on zoom. >>> let's take a live at air travel nationwide keeps breaking pandemic records. tsa screened about 1.64 million people on thursday as travel ramps up some pilot who have been furloughed o

police identify the man as 54- year-old patrick thompson. a witness snapped this photo of the same person from the back, moments after the attack at the bus stop. his victims and 83 and a 63- year-old woman. >> i just saw something silver in his hand. >> i saw brass knuckles on the end of it. >> reporter: thompson has been arrested more than two dozen times in the last 20 years. he was placed under a psychiatric hold at least once. in 2019 he was arrested for battery. and we've learned that in 2017 he was arrested for stabbing a person at a homeless shelter on fifth street with a pair of scissors. ovoked atta. anher he wfirs yesay oneddy street near lurkinand book on charges of atterdelder abuse tonight eng is still recovering after being stabbed in the arm and chest. her grandson said she needed a breathing tube after the knife cut her lung and rib cage. her gofundme page has raised more than $70,000 in less than 24 hours. her family, calling her the ultimate fighter. tonight i reached out to the family of the second victim, the 63-year-old

i pressed da on why he didn't do more to keep thompson off the street. you have blamed the judge for the mental health diversion of mr. thompson back in 2020, as the da you and members of your office have every right to object. why didn't you object >> he side stepped my question. >> people who suffer from mental illness in ways that lead them to get arrested get treatment that can hopefully prevent future criminal conduct. >> that prevention clearly didn't work. two seniors now recovering from serious injuries in the hospital. >> thompson'sa arraignment has been moved to monday. benjamin said what happened in 2017 changed his life. is he now a school crossing guard so he can continue helping others, this time, children. in the newsroom. >>> happening today alameda will consider changing the way police respond to certain 911 calls. this is in response to the death of mario gonzalez last month. he died after officers restrained him by putting already knees on his back. three officers are on leave as the department investigates. city officials are looking

>> yes. >> so gonterman thompson tried a different strategy. focusing on cases that bore some similarities to brittani's attack. they found one that was eerily similar. >> oh my gosh, it was the same part of town. it was her own home, it was a shovel, they knew her. and i just thought, how could it not be? >> but his dna didn't match either. it wasn't john doe. the old school approach of working tips, leads and hunches, just wasn't paying off for gonterman. so she went back through the case files again and came across a report about brittani's cell phone. >> back in 2008, during the initial investigation, police and have the technology to bring into the phone without erasing the data. >> so when it was first processed, there were only so many tools to get in it. and brittani couldn't remember her pain. so years later, i took it down to the forensics laboratory for computer -- >> you tried it again? >> because there's advance in technology? >> this time, technicians were able to get into brittani's phone. and right off the bat, gonterman found a

thompson's arraignment has been moved to monday. as for benjamin he said what happened in 2017 changed his life forever. he is now a school crossing guard because he wants to continue helping others. this time children. in the newsroom. abc7 news. >> happening today alameda will consider changing the way police respond to certain calls. this is in response to the death of mario gonzalez last month. he died after officers restrained him by putting their knees on his back. three officers are on leave as the department investigates. city officials are looking into requiring nonpolice responses to certain emergencies. that will be discussed at a special city council meeting at 3:00 p.m. on zoom. >>> and taking a live look now now at sfo as air travel nationwide keeps breaking pandemic records. tsa screened about 1.4 million people on thursday. as travel ramps up some pilots who have been furloughed or laidoff need to get retrained before getting back there to the cockpit. south bay flight instructor and expert max trescott said airlines

witnesses say is of the stabbing suspect in hours ago san francisco police identifying 54-year-old pastor thompson as the man they say attacked two elderly women waiting for a bus right behind me and then simply walked away as if nothing happened. >> really bad on the right shoulder blade. >> reporter: he was helping his aunt at union square flowers when i noticed a man wielding a large knife and approaching a bus stop. >> he was behind her and then all of the sudden it just one out. >> reporter: police say the 84 old family member and both suffered stab wounds. >> we are hoping she will pull through. she is very strong so we are all praying. >> reporter: seconds after the attack he snapped this photo while following this man and multiple witnesses confirm it with the person who stabbed both women and identified the black and yellow black -- bag he was carrying. >> yep. yep. absolutely. all you see is a big silver part in his hand and brass knuckle style. and he slowly puts it in and walks off. >> a military style knife. >> reporter: how long was it? >> oh, man. i saw brass knuckles on the end of

thompson was charged with attempted murder, assault and elder abuse. but he wasn't accused of any hate crimes. at this point in time, we do not have any information that suggests a specific motive, such as hate crimes. san francisco, dhs. bodine showed up personally in court to represent the prosecution. this case is that ray gis the violence that the elders and l chinese community are experiencing is sickening, and we must do a better job as a city to keep our community safe. kind of reads me like a publicity stunt. tracy mcrae, vice president of the san francisco police union, blasted bodeen, a former public defender for handling the case himself, just something he's doing because he's been. you know, under fire for his policies and you know the crime. the repeat offenders repeat offenders like thompson, he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial after being charged in 2017 was stabbing a man with scissors at the homeless shelter. he was sent to napa state hospital and mental health diversion it it's not right that people keep committing the sa

on thursday, thompson was charged with attempted murder, assault and elder abuse. but so far, police have found no evidence the attack was racially motivated. there is no indication at this point that there was any type of. a prejudiced we do think at this point that his random, both the police chief, and the union say they wish they could have officers on every street corner, but that it's very hard to stop unprovoked attacks. i reach out to the public defender's office, but they had no comment. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. acenas a police officer is recovering in the hospital after being struck by a suspected hit and run driver during a traffic stop. it happened around 12 30 this morning near the intersection of sun crest avenue and perry lane. the officer was hit while he was outside of his patrol vehicle after he'd pulled over another car. one witness says the car was speeding when it struck the officer. and all of a sudden we see another model bmw speeding by at least 100 mph at the bend, and he was already losing control at that point, and he ended up hittin

it is kind of like fred thompson and howard baker in watergate. who knew what and when? we need to know the end history -- and history needs to reflect that so congress will make the changes to ensure it does not happen again. host: zach wamp who spent 15 years from tennessee's and tim roemer. our next scholar. -- our next caller. democrats line. good morning. caller: glad to hear that you are back. i am calling about mr. biden. he has been in the government 46 years, compared to donald trump, who has no experience whatsoever, as a businessman, having six bankruptcies, and them wanting to run the united states of america like it is a business. if he runs it like a business and his business is being bankrupt by donald trump and the republican party. i don't have much to say other than that i am disappointed in the way the parties following a man that has so many lies and so much baggage and corruption that he's done over the years through bankruptcy so i don't see any benefit in having him or the republican party over our government. host: thank you for the call from dall

police identify the man as 54- year-old patrick thompson. a witness snapped this photo of the same person from the back, moments after the attack at the bus stop. his victims and 83 and a 63- year-old woman. >> i iner in his hand. >> i saw brass knuckles on the end of it. >> reporter: thompson has been arrested more than two dozen times in the last 20 years. he was placed under a psychiatric hold at least once. in 2019 he was arrested for battery. and we've learned that in 2017 he was arrested for stabbing a person at a homeless shelter on fifth street with a pair of scissors. police say it was another unprovoked attack. he was picked up by tenderloin officers yesterday on eddy street near lurking and booked on charges of attempted murder and elder abuse. tonight eng is still recovering after being stabbed in the arm and chest. her grandson said she needed a breathing tube after the knife cut her lung and rib cage. her gofundme page has raised more than $70,000 in less than 24 hours. her family, calling her the ultimate fighter. tonight i re

patrick thompson has been charged and could face life in prison. in 2017 a judge ordered him into a mental health program after he stabbed someone at a homeless shelter. good morning. i am michelle griego. >> i am len kiese. we begin with the extended red flag warning covers part of the bay area. >> having a red flag warning this early is concerning. >>> pretty alarming to see this already. we are in extreme drought. everything is so dry out there. add those gusty offshore winds and we are talking about high fire danger. red flag warning is in effect until 6:00 p.m. tuesday for areas in red. we are looking at the north bay mountains, east bay hills and valleys under the red flag warning. we have seen strong winds especially in our mountains, even higher than 60 miles per hour. as we head through the day, relative humidity values will plummet down to single digits. we are watching that closely for you with the ridge of high pressure and offshore winds we will heat up. 91 santa rosa, 93 concord, mid 80s for south bay and san jose. around the baywe ar

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san francisco police arrested 54 year-old patrick thompson booked on 2 counts of attempted murder and elder abuse. police allege. he walked up on the women from behind and stabbed him several times. police are still investigating. if this crime was motivated by racial bias in says her grandmother was just getting groceries in chinatown. >> she also received her covid vaccine and felt safe to go out again. has lived in san francisco for more than 50 years and never experienced anything like this. as of tuesday. her go fund me page. well, exceeding the goal has raised at least $100,000 meant for medical bills, but the family plans to donate to organizations that p i communities essentially she's just so happy with all the support. >> she does want everyone to know that she does want this man brought to justice and it doesn't want him to down the streets anymore. but she's also so happy that. >> everyone is coming together. >> we're told the family of the other victim want their privacy during this difficult time. understandably show here in san francisco. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> the m