-- >> do you think you have a moral platform that protects our democracy? >> yes. >> reporter: she held nothing back when telling zuckerberg he needs to clarify how users opt in to share their data with third parties. >> it is a mine field in order to do that and you have to make it transparent, clear in plain language. >> when the guardian made the report, was that the first time you heard about it? >> yes.

>> thank you. so you do you routinely learn about these violations through the press? >> congressman, sometimes we do. >> reporter: representatives wanted assurance companies like cambridge analytica never breach users' trust again. >> we need to find how facebook is was caught flatfooted in 2016. >> reporter: but also said congress can do better. >> this congress has made a mistake. this event that happened whether it was facebook or some other platform was foreseeable and inevitable and we did nothing about it. >> reporter: zuckerberg says he believes regulation of his industry is inevitable. last week he admitted fixing facebook's problem could take years. house speaker paul ryan announced today he will not seek re-election. angelica alvarez reports. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan announced he will not seek re-election so he can spend more time with his family. >> if i'm here for one more term, my kids will only have

ever known me as a weekend dad. um, i just can't let that happen. >> reporter: the 48-year-old representative from wisconsin leaves congress with accomplishments including major reform of the tax code. today, mr. trump tweeted: speaker paul ryan is a truly goodman. he will leave a legacy of achievements that nobody can question. but ryan's decision to step away from congress comes at a time when republicans face uncertainty on winning seats during the midterm elections. >> i really do not believe whether i stay or go in 2019 is going to affect a person's individual race for congress. >> reporter: ryan served nearly 20 years in the house and is one of the youngest to be elected speaker of the house. in a closed-door meeting today, he received a standing ovation from colleagues and even cried. >> he leaves a tremendous legacy and he achieved his ultimate career goal of comprehensive tax form and we thank him for being an

outstanding leader. >> reporter: it opens the door for new leadership with representative kevin mccarthy and steve scalise seen as front-runner. in a statement speaker ryan said he will serving out his full term, run through the tape and retire in january. angelica alvarez, cbs news, washington. a live look outside now. >> rain is showing up on hi- def doppler to the north of san francisco. right now, near eureka. snow at mount shasta. a sign of what's to come. here's a look just started popping up through south lake tahoe. this is a view from the homewood mountain resorts camera. we are seeing storm clouds building. for the bay area it's been a gray day for most of us.

some sun has been popping itself out. but cooler temperatures this afternoon, well below average, windy as the cold front comes in. we could get a quarter to a half inch of rain with the north bay in fact getting the most by what's to come. we'll have more coming up. the sanctuary city debate taking center stage in a san francisco courtroom now. anne makovec is there for the legal battle between the federal government and two bay area counties. >> reporter: the ongoing national battle over sanctuary jurisdictions was centered here in san francisco this morning at the u.s. court of appeals. >> that the point of this were to use federal dollars as a weapon to defund sanctuary cities that don't comply with the law. >> reporter: this legal battle started with an executive order issued not long after donald trump was elected president. it says sanctuary cities, those who refused to cooperate

with federal immigration enforcement authorities, could be denied federal grants. >> as you know, i'm very much opposed to sanctuary cities. they breed crime. there's a lot of problems. if we have to, we'll defund. >> reporter: san francisco and santa clara counties sued and the courts ruled that the president cannot set new conditions on spending approved by congress. the trump administration is appealing that injunction issued last november. >> the order has to be judged by its terms. that was not by public statements. >> reporter: today the administration's attorney downplayed the executive order. >> as well as the harm in the first instance to plaintiffs that they experience from the issuing of an executive order, a non-self executing executive order, i think it was done. >> reporter: the three judges have not yet specified the day that they will issue their ruling. in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. new at noon, the mayors from california's 11 biggest cities are joining forces at the state capital to combat homelessness. >> done a ton over the past

decade in terms of homelessness, building more supportive house, building navigation centers and shelters and make sure new people aren't homeless. if we can prevent that, we are putting effort behind that. >> that is mayor of san francisco mark farrell who today labeled homelessness the number one issue facing the city. he and other city leaders were at the capital throwing their support behind the bill that would provide $1.5 billion in grants for city to use in the fight against homelessness. california's homeless population is about 134,000 people. a deadly crash in san jose in midtown. police say that the driver of a stolen car lost control on an overpass crossing guadalupe creek. the car flipped and caught fire. the driver died according to authorities. two passengers are in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. this is san jose's 15th deadly crash this year. the family of a man shot

and killed by a bart police officer this year now demanding justice. jessica flores is live in oakland with more. >> reporter: moments ago, shaleem tindle's family met with district attorney nancy o'malley at alameda county. they told us they were disappointed, they want the d.a. to prosecute the officer who shot and killed tindle. and right now, they say the d.a. is providing very little information as to the status of the investigation. now, the shooting happened in january. this is video from the officer's body camera. it's graphic video. it shows the officer, joseph mateu, running towards the men fighting outside the west oakland bart station, yells let me see your hands and there you go, that's the officer shooting tindle three times in the back. the bart police chief defended the officer's action and said tindle was holding the gun but that isn't clear from the

video. and tindle's family says the officer didn't give the 28- year-old enough time to completely raise his hands. there's dispute about what tindle was doing. the family says he was trying to protect his children. now, district attorney nancy o'malley's office is investigating the police shooting. but the family says they are frustrated with the pace of the investigation. >> we have to relive this over and over again as a mother, not having the time to grieve.you know, they so used to seeing you doing a whole lot of crying and no investigation. >> right. >> but i'm a mother that gonna look into it myself, which i have been doing. >> right. >> reporter: the officer, joseph mateu, is on desk duty. the family wants him fired and prosecuted. the family has hired a lawyer, john burris. he is planning on filing a

lawsuit against bart police. reporting live here in oakland, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. it now appears even more likely the u.s. will strike back at syria for it suspected chemical attack against civilians. mola lenghi reports on the president's social media warning. >> reporter: with u.s. warships moving into position for a possible missile strike against syria, president trump issued an ominous warning on twitter this morning: >> reporter: a spokesman for russia's foreign ministry quickly responded on facebook writing: >> reporter: the social media back and forth comes as the trump administration has been consulting with its allies on a possible joint military response to syria's alleged

poison gas attack. both russia and syria deny the attack took place. but more than 40 people are dead from a suspected chlorine assault that president trump called barbaric. syria has invited a team of independent chemical weapons experts to investigate. it's not clear whether that visit may delay any military strike on syria. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. russia warned a strike on syria as a war crime and could trigger a direct military clash. coming up how a pocket dial to a boss got him fired and the lawsuit about privacy during those calls. >> see what ran off the road and the driver took off. what this biker said led to this confrontation.

the road. dashcam video shows the motorcyclist riding next to a mazda hatchback. after the rider appears to make police in florida are looking for a man who rode a beuker off the road. he rode next to a mazda. after the biker appears to hit the mazda, the car swerved into the bike knocking down the ride near a tree and then onto the ground. the rider suffered minor scrapes and bruises. he says that the car driver brake checked him, sparking the confrontation. the blood testing firm theranos is staying afloat by firing most of the employees. it's down to about two dozen to preserve cash and avoid bankruptcy, this after the company's founder settled civil fraud charges with the securities and exchange commission.

theranos is accused of tricking investors out of 700 million-dollar by claiming a single drop of blood could be used for a range of medical tests. a new lawsuit is raising questions about privacy during accidental pocket dials. one man says that he had to resign after he unknowingly called his boss while at home. mark strassmann reports that he boss overheard him complaining about wor. >> he had tendency to call me after hours quite a bit. >> reporter: james stephens' boss, michael cohen, called him at home late one night. when the call ended, gena stephens had something to say. >> not the first time it happened. and so i was a little irritated that we had had that intrusion. >> reporter: you resented it? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: cohen heard them talking for about 12 minutes. that's how long it took james stephens to realize he had pocket dialed his boss. >> i did hang it up immediately. >> reporter: what did you say? >> oh, my goodness. this is not going to go well. >> reporter: the next day, stephens, who worked for the state of georgia, says he was forced to resign his six- figure job.

>> gave me the option of resigning or being fired. >> reporter: the stephens sued he couldest personally claiming he had invaded their right to privacy with voyeuristic eavesdropping felonious conduct. their lawyer argues their conversation was private. cohen knew it and he was legally obligated to hang up. >> you may not use an electronic device to listen into a conversation you know to be a private conversation. >> reporter: cohen filed a motion to dismiss the suit arguing in his official capacity as a state supervisor he was listening to the pocket dial call of a subordinate employee and deserves immunity. his lawyer said we are unable to comment on pending matters. rikki klieman is a cbs news legal analyst. >> what we find here is someone who really believes he had a reasonable expectation of privacy and having a very, very confidential conversation with his wife. and that yet it may not be

private at all. >> reporter: in 2015, the sixth circuit u.s. court of appeals ruled on a similar case in kentucky. it decided someone who pocket dials another person does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy because they placed the call. >> if i'm talking to my husband just to kind of destress, and we're talking to one another in my own home, then, no, i don't think that that should lead to termination. >> reporter: the state judge has to decide whether cohen was acting in his official capacity and should have immunity. if it's eavesdropping, the case moves forward. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> this is a tricky case. but i did pocket dial someone once and they heard me singing in the car. >> you never complain. >> lucky for them.

we have green, pink and white, that's rain and snow and slush mix going on. rain on highway 89 and 50 but also seeing some snow. here's a look at a lot of our skies are gray out there. we had a break and sunshine in san francisco. south bay seeing sunshine. san jose 62. san francisco at 58. livermore 58. so here's a live look at the south bay. sunset set at 7:41. we'll see more cloud cover at sunset because this cold front is coming through. it's just taking its time to get here. when it arrives, we'll see rain and winds. once this comes through this afternoon, here's how it's timing out. we'll see more cloud cover

along the coast but look at this. by 3 p.m., showers. showers overnight through the morning but very minimal raindrops tomorrow. by 2:00, sunshine. friday sunshine. saturday it's going to be married. i will talk about the winter weather advisory in effect from 6 p.m. through early morning tomorrow. we could see 48 inches of snow in the sierra. because we'll have cold conditions tonight, we could see some bay area hills covered in a dusting of snow. but look at our temperatures rising to warm conditions for saturday. sunday, monday there is another storm in your forecast. we'll be right back.

accounts on its site. and they've been pretty active... reddit says they pos the social media platform reddit says it found 944 fake russian accounts on its site and have been active posting 14,000 times. reddit says the accounts have links to russia's internet research agency, which is charged in robert mueller's investigation with tampering in the 2016 election. reddit says it is going to leave the content posted so everybody can read it. then they will get rid of it. let see how the financial markets are doing on wall street. with about 30 minutes to go, the dow is down over 200

points. we'll be right back.

ell, today's tip of the day is going to be is with asparagus. it's pencil asparagus because it's thin as a pencil. look at it. it's imported now. not locally grown. they are being imported and the quality is good.

but just make sure when you buy them, they are green from top to bottom. no white trunks. you have to discard the white trunk. you pay by the pound so you'll throw away money. squeeze it make sure it's squeaky and it's fresh. store them in the refrigerator. i like to put it on the broiler, olive oil on a brush, salt and pepper, two or three minutes, that's it. really. that's it. any longer, it will shrivel up. you lose the flavor. just a couple of minutes, roll them around. thin asparagus, in the market imported, they're nice. 'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. nd always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. remember, squeeze them. you have to remember that. california's craft beer craze may be falling flat in a new report saying legalized marijuana is to blame. why people are ditching a cold one for a different kind of

buds. that and more at 5:00. >> well. >> yeah. >> i choose asparagus. >> over beer? >> beer, marijuana, asparagus. >> asparagus is always good. that's it for here at kpix 5 news at noon. >> have a great afternoon.

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>> wyatt: i'd like to think that what happened to you was a wake-up call for all of us. you could have died, dad. and thank god that you didn't. i'd also like to believe that we learned something. i did. did you? >> bill: oh, yeah. i learned a lot. >> wyatt: okay. well, there you go. we -- we dodged a bullet. heh... >> bill: i didn't. >> wyatt: right. i mean, what i mean is -- is, you know, we... we kind of got a second chance to work through our problems and the differences we have with each other. and r