this comes after civil rights attorney john burris and naacp chapter president amos brown called fors until johnson demanded the donation be returned. in a statement johnson says he was not aware of the controversy surrounding hyde-smith when he made his donation.. and he strongly condemns any form of racism. ( james ) in the north bay... students will be returning to school today after they were evacuated for a bomb threat. it happened just after 9 yesterday morning at mill valley middle school. police say the threat was heard on a voicemail at the school office. the school quickly activated its emergency response plan... evacuating nearly 12-hundred students. bomb sniffing dogs went floor by floor looking for a device but did not find one. classes were cancelled for the rest of the day. the source of the call is still under investigation. ( darya ) in the east bay.... the family of a teen who drowned in the pool at his high school has filed a lawsuit against the school district. benjamin curry was a freshman at san ramon valley high school in danville. he was found in the pool back

. >> reporter: civil rights leaders in san francisco including reverend amos brown, call for a boycott of the san francisco giants. singe unacceptable. >> for me it takes me back to the horror and the that i experienced in my native state of mississippi. >> reporter: hyde smith has faced a firestorm of controversy after saying she would attend a public hanging in the state with a history of lynchings. >> i am calling for an all out boycott. >> reporter: john burris, a self-proclaimed lifelong giants fan said he cannot support the team as long as the team owner supports hyde smith. >> i personally will boycott the giants for as long as i am able to. that is a value system. of the person who runs this organization. that i do not support. >> to say that charlie johnson in any shape, form or manner has a racist bone in him is saying my other client barry bonds is a racist as well. it is as silly as it gets. >> reporter: an attorney who has represented johnson for four decades says his clients has been -- client has been asked to find checks as a republican donor. if he had known about hyde

of african american workers in city of san francisco and i want to recognize the reverend doctor amos brown senior pastor of third baptist church as well as the chrch for the national organization vancement of colored people and the naacp the san francisco chapter and recognize the leadership joseph bryant and david kenam and member leaders that will be here and have been folk val in bringing this matter to us today. lao colleagues, i'd colleagues, i'd like to first hear from the executive director of human resources, micky cal ahan. >> thank you, madame president. mickey cal ahan -- callahan. i'm focus on initiatives we've adopted pursuant to adopting the executive directives. as president cohen noted we'll hear from other departments an i'll talk about the department-specific initiatives adopted and ongoing. i think you know departments are responsible for hiring and initiativing discipline at the department level there's an appellate body in investigating and attempting to resolve e.l. complaints an establishing workforce programs to ensure diversity in the city among other and other pol

donation be refunded.this comes after civil rights attorney john burris and naacp chapter president amos browncalled for a boycott of the giants until johnson demanded the donation be returned. (grant) anti-semitic attacks are surging in the united states.... the most recent and deadliest example: the synagogue attack in pittsburgh.(vicki) from our partners at c-n-n reporter sara sidner takes an in-depth look at the state of hate in america. --reporter pkg-as follows-- rabbi jeffrey myers/ tree of life synagogue"i'm not just concerned about the rise of anti-semitism, i'm concerned about the rise of hate in our country."a quiet saturday morning of prayer and reflection at rabbi jeffrey myers' synagogue in pittsburgh--(nats) shots fired! shots fired!"savagely interrupted by gunfire.(nats) "he's got an automatic weapon he's firing out at front of the synagogue."anti-semitism had blasted its way back into america's consciousness.(nats) barry werber was praying inside the tree of life synagogue when bullets started flying.he hid in a closet as a gunman mowed down 11 of his fellow worshipers.sara si

. >> reporter: civil rights leader in simple cyst go including reverend amos brown called for a boycott of the simple cisco giants, saying owner charles johnson's donations to mississippi senate candidate cindy hyde smith are unacceptable. >> it takes me back to the horror in experienced in my nat of mississippi. >> reporter: heidi smith has faced controversy after saying she would attend a public hanging in a state with a graham history of lynchings. she also said she was support voter prince -- suppression, later saying she was joking. >> carl johnson and his wife donated money to her campaign after she made those statements. >> i am calling for an all-out boycott period.>> reporter: john burris, a self proclaimed lifelong giants fan says he cannot support the team as long as the owner supports hyde smith. >> i will personally boycott the giants for its long as i am able to because that is a value system of a person of the person who runs the system that i do not support. >> for anyone to say he has a racist bone in him is to say that barry bonds is a braces as well. >> reporter: an a

amos brown is criticizing donations made by charles johnson and his wife to the campaign of cindy hyde-smith. hyde-smith is running for a senate seat against an african-american candidate. and the vote is happening today. earlier this month she said she would sit in the front row if she were invited to a public hanging. she has since apologized. >> mr. charles johnson has shown that his heart is on the side of oppression. >> this is charlie johnson's words. joe, if she is a racist, i will not support her. >> the giants' president said neither i nor anyone else in the giants can control who any of our owners support politically just as we cannot and should not control who any of our employees support politically. >>> president trmp spent last night in mississippi stumping for hyde-smith. she would be the first woman elected to congress from mississippi. her opponent, mike espy, would be the state's first african-american candidate. >>> we expect today's storm to be one on the impact scale. chp reminding drivers to be extra careful on the wet roads because the first rain of the season fell ove

sot amos brown/naacp: "we should call for an all out boycott">sotthe naacp and civil rights attorney john burris have joined together in calling for a boycott of the san francisco giants. this comes on the heels of learning that learning that one of the team's 30 owners, charles johnson, made a financial contribution to a mississippi politician, who while on the campiagn trail allegedly made racially insensitive comments about attending a public lynchingburris says the comments are particularly troubling when viewed through the historic lens of the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old emmit tillsot giants president and ceo larry baer released a statement readi