pastor maddox says the groves are one of many families from around the country that have come looking for loved ones. >> most all of these are intelligent. coming from family backgrounds. >> what would make someone like that break? >> weaken their body, weaken their mind. >> the fbi says the church of wales is on the agencies radar. >> local police are investigating the death of an infant. according to a statement from the father, he and other church members didn't seek treatment for the baby because they believed she'd be resurrected. the grand jury decided not to press charges. >> that's not faith or godly. >> what was it. >> i would almost call it murder. >> we tracked down the church of wales reclusive leader. >> we want to let you guys explain the false assumptions. >> no. >> a church member who did not wish to be identified says the allegations against leaders are false. >> they make these people look like monsters, and they are not. they are regular people like you and i. >> they can come across as polite, but also the most judgmental and at times hostile people we have ever me

let me see. >> this is my little man maddox. >> that's maddox? oh, look at him!sleeping. >> yeah. he falls asleep in the weirdest places it's the small things that keep connected with him, you know? >> oh, that's so wonderful. oh, you've got so much to live for, lady. >> i know. >> and you're doing well. >> he's what keeps me going. >> i'm just so glad that you're looking at your life the way you are looking at it. i pray that you have hope because that's such a big thing in your life and making changes isn't easy but it's so worth it. >> oh, absolutely. >> and you deserve it. and you can really sort of go forward and not only forward in faith but forward knowing that you can make it. because being in here is no place to be. that's the truth. shall we pray before you go? >> okay. >> lord, this is your child, this is crystal and you love her. and we want to pray for her and send her forward into faith. i feel it went very well. it was a good call to have her down because she certainly is just going through some pretty deep sorrow give us patient understanding and

>> my name is michael maddox but we are talking about the safety of san francisco and i like san francisco to adopt certain standards that is already in place, one being i am sorry, the vehicle code of california 260. and which states that a commercial vehicle is a motor vehicle for hire. and those vehicles have to be commercially registered with the dmv as well as cover with commercial insurance. >> and that should be something that should be in the law within san francisco as well. the second thing that i would like to do is have san francisco permit each driver that wants to drive through these companies. to insure that we are making sure ha they have the commercial vehicle. they have the commercial and everything that is checked out each year or whatever, and or whatever sequence. and other than that that, they should not be operating as of right now because they are providing a commercial service and by the federal law, the government states that any vehicle that is by time, is a vehicle that is a taxi cab. >> thank you so much, mr. maddox. >> thank you. >> and i should let everyone k

. >> jim maddox pastors a small church. saying the group's communal style living earns it the reputation of being a cult. >> they were telling everyone they were going to hell >> according to the recorded sermons, the church believes salvation requires cutting ties with one's own family. patty and andy grove say their 27-year-old daughter joined the group in july, and no longer speaks to them. they say when they tracked her down in wells, she appeared to be brainwashed. >> she goes, mum, you make me smile. and i'm not supposed to smile. i'm supposed to be down. i think that ripped my heart out. >> pastor maddox says the groves are one of many families from around the country who came looking for loved ones who joined the group. >> most all of these people are intelligent, come from good strong family backgrounds. >> what would make someone like that break? >> keep them - weaken their body, weaken their mind. >> the fbi says the church of wells is on the agency's radar. local police investigated the death of a 3-day old infa

jim maddox pastor as small church next to some properties he says the groups communal style living andessage of damnation have earned its reputation of being a cult. >> they are telling everybody that they are going to held, that they were the bodies of religion and all these sorts of things. >> according to their recorded sermon, the church believes salvation requires cutting ties with ones own family. patty and andy grove say their daughter joined the group, and no longer speaks to them. >> they say when they tracked her down, she appeared tock brainwashed. >> she goes mom, you make me smile. and i'm not supposed to smile. i'm supposed to be down. and i think that ripped at my heart out. >> pastor maddox says they are just one of many families from around the country. 40 have come looking for loved ones who joined the group. >> most all of these people are very intelligent. they have come from very good strong family backgrounds. >> what would make someone like that break? is. >> keep them weak in their body. weak in their mind. >> the fbi says the church is on the agency's radar. lo

. >> thanks good afternoon sprirdz keating maddox. just very quickly 3 points so right now, we're in the middle of station planning and outreach for a modest expansion of 17 stations that is part of the 50 stations in san francisco it will extend down market street and hate valley and into the triangle area so far as marketing and castro down valencia and we're planning that for right now we're in the thick of talking to neighborhood groups and merchants and doing our due diligence in the outreach. generally people are very excited about it especially in those areas there are going to be a lot of trade offices in terms of parking we have a lot of work to do and is there a timeframe >> it was supposed to have happened earlier this year. first, it was mirandize in some computable modifications but now there is a side issue going on in the issue. our mean software providers is still up for sale they filed for bankruptcy protection they were on the auction block and bids were due so we'll know later this month and we'll hopefully it will

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