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then even found time to renamed the westin span of the bay bridge after former san francisco mayor willie brown. >> more now on the state's move to increase california's minimum wage to $10 an hour. governor brown indicated that he was kind of bill, calling it " overdue. " washington state's currently has a tough minimum wage at $9.19 an hour. that is an amount that has paid to rise with inflation. >> this weekend the niners head north to take on the seattle seahawks. and there's already a lot of trash talking before the game. >> last season, the 49ers beat the seahawks' 13-6 in san francisco before the seahawks got revenge in week 16 with a 42-13 win and seattle. >> for the niners are running back anthony dixon posted and thin out some bulletin board material this week. dixon and twisted " extra weight on the racks all we getting leslie preparing for these she talk-hawks i love hostile environments i am filling right at home. " >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news. some devastating flooding in morning news. some devastating flooding in boul license and registration please. morning new

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>>darya: of >>james: substantial public outcry over it poulter renamed the westin span of the bay bridgekron4's terisa estacio is live along the embarcadero to explain. >>darya: >>terisa: there are looking to rename the bridge after former assembly speaker brown. out here we talked to some people and mostly they say that they are in support. listen in. >> what we have no sound but when i talked to some people there ought telling me that they thought it was a great idea. they said they like willie brown and they want to call with the willie. not sure about that for a short name but they said that it was a great idea. i asked as far as renaming the whole bridge because this is just about the western span not about the new eastern span and they said that they believe in totality that it should be called after willie brown. as far as one person who has been somewhat vocal about it behind closed doors is the governor. the governor reportedly has said that he does not believe that the bridge should be renamed at all. it should be through a spokesperson left alone just like the golden gate and

james westin, jr., writes about it in the new ebook "the accidental victim."t in "time" magazine in 1989. you didn't get traction then. why do you think it will get traction now? >> well, it was supposition and part of a 680-page biography of john conley. it was unfinished business for me. i had to move on. i was doing the whole life of this man that was involved, 50 years. so i wanted to be a part of this conversation because i think i had something special. >> you mentioned john conley the governor of texas at the time you say your theory is that he, not jfk, was the full intlend intended target of lee harvey oswald. what's your evidence to back that up? >> well, you have to set aside all the conspiracy theories which i think are rubbish and bring it down to lee harvey oswald, the man. what is his emotional waik makeup? what is driving him. what is the psych logical makeup? the warren commission has it that he was a marxist. well, there are millions of marxists that are not path logical killers. they say he had grandiose notions. you and i have grandiose not

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he goes to the, westin st. francis, the wrong hotel.the police pull us over and pulled him over for speeding. i said, florida judge. --'s talk a little bit about there have been some really tremendous -- i want to thank my fellow floridian resident for all of her help. look it. this is difficult stuff. there are no two ways about it. very few veteran trial lawyers that end up in the court as a judge that take experiences bench everythe single day. i did 11 murder trials in two states. this is not easy. it takes a lot of ability to do this kind of work. i think he made a good point earlier when he talked about the political will. i can go back to when my law partner in boston was frustrated with some of the laws and ended up running for the massachusetts house of representatives and was on it for 14 years and became the chairman of the criminal justice committee, one of the minority states in the nation where 11 states have appointed judges and 39 are elected. he did good at that jbo. ob. he was tremendous as a legislator. our hands are

he goes to the wrong hotel, the westin st. francis. on the way over, the police pulled him over for speeding. i said, florida judge. [laughter] first of all, i want to thank my fellow floridian resident lee and for asking me to come aboard here. this is difficult stuff here and there are no two ways about it. you take those experiences with you on the bench every single day. it is not easy work. inave done 11 murder trials my state. this is not easy. it takes a lot of the to do this kind of work. a i think mr. mohammed made good point earlier when he talked about the political will. partner back to my law in boston who was frustrated with some of the laws and ended up running for the massachusetts ande of representatives, massachusetts is one of the minority states in the nation where they have 11 appointed judges and 39 are collected. he did tremendously good. he was tremendous in his influence as a legislator. our hands are tied as judges. two i like certain laws in the state of florida, yes and no. i have done hearings on the stand