former east bay congressman and oakland mayor ron delms has passed away. he served in congress from 1971 until the late '90s. he was the first to ithe integration gays and lesbians in into the amy? >> >> we are having some technical issues with amy's report. but she did get reaction from oakland mayor libby shaf. we'll try to bring that to you in a little bit. >>> this morning the man charged with stabbing to death nia wilson on a b.a.r.t. platform in oakland is back in court for a different case. in court for the parole violation hearing. >> reporter: nia wilson's accused killer was just inside here on the fifth floor. he looked calm and quickly answered the judge's questions. 27-year-old john cowell no longer wore the bandages on his face that were visible last week. this parole violation hearing came after cowell was charged with murder and attempted murder. he was released from jail about four months ago after spending two years in prison. another hearing on that was scheduled for tomorrow morning. cowell's next court appearance for the murder of nia w

and there was also ron delms everyone s, an african-american from oakland. they had put him on the committee. do not know whether he had been vetoed or not. i don't know whether they overrode that i was very clear that he was not excited about having an african-american and a gishl on h girl on his committee. we walk in and we're feeling pretty good. and he starts going off about this is absolutely horrible. i mean he is bellowing like a bull elephant out in the jungle, the worst thing that's ever happened. you know, it's not even worth running for congress any more. they've taken away all your power, there's nothing left. and he says, however, i still have the power to determine how many seats are at the dais. and these two people were only worth half of the rest of my members. so they're getting one chair. so ron and i kind of looked at each other, we had both been in the anti-war movement and the thing was okay, now what do we do? we decided that we walk in with great dignity and we shared a chair. so we sat there cheek to cheek, barney frank used to alwa