trouble in river city and becker and big tim. big tim sullivan by the ironically, is the father of the first gun control law in the united states. the sullivan act. okay and also in the murder of bnz rosenthal which is the first drive by shooting in united states history. they just sort of go by after after some killers, another gambler, name brigid webber, who a farrow house at, 102 west, 42nd street, which is now a whole foods. okay. the one by bryant park. so rosenthal is no more becker goes to the chair. he's the first so many firsts in this case. the first. and i think only cop to go to the chair in the united states of america. so we have that and, sir. but surviving this mess is arnold ross rothstein and rothstein. there are many, many sites that one can visit which were associated with him in new york, most notably the park central hotel, very near to carnegie hall. big hall hotel still in business now, 200 west, 56th street. and he has killed in an upper room there by a another gambler named george mcmanus. well, that's

other developing news this morning, senator josh becker is rallying silicon valley's tech leaders to raise funds for those victims of the devastating fires in southern california. those fires as we know, it already claimed the lives of 5 people. becker is calling on the region's entrepreneurs to contribute to the california community foundations. wildfire recovery fund helping provide immediate relief and long-term rebuilding efforts with more than 11,000 acres burned so far, senator backers emphasizing the need for both recovering and climate resilience in the face of increasing natural disasters throughout the state. >> because of the fires in southern california, president biden has canceled what was supposed to be his final overseas trip in his presidency. he was set to go to italy for 3 days meeting with the pope and italy's president and prime minister. but that has been canceled used in santa monica yesterday where he met with fire officials and with governor newsom, the president approved the governor's request for a major disaster declaration and pledged full federal support

we'll be tracking that updating >> we'll have more things you know today, senator josh becker rally in silicon valley's tech leaders to raise funds for victims of the devastating fires in southern california and already claimed the lives of 5 people. backers calling on the region's entrepreneuers to contribute to the california community foundation. wildfire recovery fund helping provide immediate relief and long-term rebuilding efforts. a grim discovery in the north bay. 4 people found dead inside of a home in santa rosa. investigators are calling this a homicide case. we talked to neighbors as they try to figure out what happened in their typically quiet neighborhood. daniel lurie, officially, sarah says because a new mayor, hundreds of people packed the civic center plaza yesterday for his inauguration. he renewed his promise to move the city forward and address to grow in issues of homelessness and drug addiction. laurie also gives an inside of what to expect from his first 100 days in office. and former congresswoman barbara lee has announced her bid for mayor of oakland. comes ah

becker is calling for contributions to the california community foundations.covery fund helping provide immediate relief and long-term rebuilding efforts. senator becker emphasizes the need for both recovery and climate resilience in the face of increasing natural disasters throughout california. with cal-fire offers millions of dollars to tribes for wildfire resilience projects for the second year in a row. the word is from a quarter million dollars up to 3 million dollars, granted to tribal nonprofits in the state of california to support educational programs and tribal stewardship plans to conduct fire, resilience related work on land. this was shared with the public on the agency's website tuesday. well, 3 raging fires remain uncontained in los angeles county. let's turn now to kyla grogan for the latest on conditions out. >> yeah, i put up satellite see face of smoke and boy, you can definitely see it here. so you're looking at a los angeles area. >> this is from 09:00am this morning until now. this loop. and that's the eaton fire. the one that is 10,600

state senator josh becker announced the fundraiser just last week.ateo counties and joins us live now to discuss. good morning to you. good morning, stephanie. so first off, tell us a bit about what led to the development of this fundraiser and how much are you hoping to raise? >> yeah, well, first of all, it's just devastating what's happening in southern california. this is one of the worst, the natural disasters in california history. and i want to first thank all the while the firefighters, the first responders, volunteers who are on the ground in southern california committed to doing everything it needs to do to put out these fires with 9500 firefighting personnel on the ground. we have the largest civil aerial firefighting force in the world, which is on site, obviously right now working on these fires. what i'm doing is rallying people in the bay area where all california. so when strikes, we pull together. and so i started rallying individuals, companies, even sports teams. all 7 of our area sports teams are have stepped up and are helping a

laura becker, bbc news. >> let's take you back to los angeles where we are continuing coverage of thees. officials are announcing several prosecutions related to the fires. they said those are mostly on accusations of looting, which is an issue we know authorities have addressed in the last few days. authorities earlier said they were charging people who were, quote, seeking to exploit the tragedy for their own benefit. we have seen reporting from reuters that donald trump is planning to visit california to survey wildfire damage and assess emergency needs. this could be a soon as next week according to a source familiar with planning of the inauguration, which is set to take place monday. we see more damage in los angeles. thank schools were destroyed in the palisades fire, still burning. most of the schools have reopened after a week of fires. we will monitor the situation on the ground and bring you the latest h announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler fou

senator josh becker recently held an event in san francisco to discuss the history of mass deportations and to highlight what's being done to protect the state from potential raids. as the son of immigrants, he believes there's no denying the vital role immigrants have had on california's economy. we built this country through immigration. so all of us, everybody. in this. country is immigrant. the only ones that are. not are. the american indian. yeah. recognizing the economic impact of immigrants, not just, of course, in the the work and the jobs and the labor that is done, but also in the taxes. estimates are that undocumented population contributes, $8.9 billion to the state of california. souza is hoping younger dreamers are able to carry out their aspirations in this country, just like she has. and this country can agree on a humane immigration reform. i lived most of my life here, so san francisco is my home, i belong to every aspect of this city that's so beloved and has so much to offer because of its, you know, diversity and cultural contributions, all from amazing immigrant c

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. >> brad becker is the founder and president of the lgbt national help center. its national hotline saw 700% surge in calls after the november election. >> for the first time in our history, we blew a fuze. you know, when the day after the election, we overloaded in our capacity to answer calls. >> the organization extending its hours and bringing in more volunteers in preparation for trump's second term. >> it does feel different, and i think it's because it feels like the trump administration is much more organized now. they've been through this before. >> nevertheless, he says they too have been here before. >> we have a very long history of being up against some very tough odds, and we've come through every time and we will again. but it's going to be a long four years. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> the san francisco couple behind an ai company is under federal indictment tonight accused of dozens of charges, including fraud and identity theft. prosecutors say they went to elaborate lengths to hide how unprofitable their company was, and then used inv

think that we have to be smart and creative in ways that we can protect our people here, senator josh becker said. >> the focus right now should not be on political accusations, certainly not appropriate at all. >> the focus of everyone should be on first containing these fires, putting out these fires, protecting civilians. >> wednesday, governor newsom praised president biden for granting federal help for the wildfire response. >> within 36 hours of this incident from the president was a game changer. >> president elect trump said he will work with the governor on rebuilding. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> it's just so overwhelming what's happening there, and we know that the fires are tough to watch. obviously, so many people here in the bay area understand the damage and destruction far too well. >> and certainly during these difficult times, we are always looking for ways to help. you can scan the qr code, it's on your screen there or visit redcross.org slash abc to donate to help the red cross respond and help people recover. >> our coverage of the los angeles firestorm continues,

for instance, i met an 11 year old boy with the leukemia in nasir hospital and con eunice becker . i'm back in october and he was actually to week to, to speak to me. he could barely look me into. i was just laying on on a children's quotes in the children's ward of that hospital and he was whimpering and pain. the hospital wasn't able to give him any treatment he was suffering from leukemia, but was also unable largely to alleviate his, his pain. and the really seeing those children in, in such great suffering is something that is honestly unbearable. these children, they did not start this war and they also don't have the power to, to ended and to, to change anything about their, their situation. so it's been a couple of very, very difficult months. what we see here is honestly undescribable. i came to gaza before the war in a different capacity with the you when and when i entered after the war started, i couldn't believe my eyes because you enter through this out through kill them shallow. and then you drive through can eunice, and there's just nothing left of the city that use

think that we have to be smart and creative in ways that we can protect our people here, senator josh beckersaid. >> the focus right now should not be on political accusations, certainly not appropriate at all. >> the focus of everyone should be on first containing these fires, putting out these fires, protecting civilians. >> wednesday, governor newsom praised president biden for granting federal help for the wildfire response. >> within 36 hours of this incident from the president was a game changer. >> president elect trump said he will work with the governor on rebuilding. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> it's just so overwhelming what's happening there, and we know that the fires are tough to watch. obviously, so many people here in the bay area understand the damage and destruction far too well. >> and certainly during these difficult times, we are always looking for ways to help. you can scan the qr code, it's on your screen there or visit redcross.org slash abc to donate to help the red cross respond and help people recover. >> our coverage of the los angeles firestorm continues,

. >> brad becker is the founder and president of the lgbt national help center. its national hotline saw 700% surge in calls after the november election. >> for the first time in our history, we blew a fuze. you know, when the day after the election, we overloaded in our capacity to answer calls. >> the organization extending its hours and bringing in more volunteers in preparation for trump's second term. >> it does feel different, and i think it's because it feels like the trump administration is much more organized now. they've been through this before. >> nevertheless, he says they too have been here before. >> we have a very long history of being up against some very tough odds, and we've come through every time and we will again. but it's going to be a long four years. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> the san francisco couple behind an ai company is under federal indictment tonight accused of dozens of charges, including fraud and identity theft. prosecutors say they went to elaborate lengths to hide how unprofitable their company was, and then used inv

all this is one of the templates is along the goals a board and also daron stein, becker, 31 years old. these are the 3 women that will be released today. we haven't had any official reaction from these raids, but you know, it goes without saying that their families will be ecstatic to hear the news that their loved ones will be the ones we use today. of course, there was a list of $33.00 captives that will be released over the course of the next $42.00 days. so the families and friends and loved ones of those on the list, waiting anxiously whether their loved one is the one going to be reduced today. so that's just in so confirmation that those names have been handed over. we now know who they are, which means the technically, the ceasefire should officially now be in place if it is officially now in place. stephanie, do you think we will actually get some sort of official word from any is really official a such. it's a, it's a difficult question. i would say no um the ceasefire is not something that benjamin netanyahu is proud off of the record yesterday. the 1st time we heard from h

among those speaking as senator josh becker to address what can and can't be done under current state law regards to protecting immigrant communities last challenge. >> we have. >> we should great attorney general and his team were allocated additional resources and the next week or 2 attorney general to make sure that we do have he has we source this has resources. >> on friday state attorney general rob bonta announced a new bulletin to law enforcement agencies reminding them that state law in most cases prevents them from assisting immigration enforcement in partnering with federal immigration authorities. a move welcomed by these leaders try to well >> protect check out >> he had an attorney general. >> can't the panel also provide information and resources like these red cards on what residents should do if they find themselves in direct contact with ice agents question around what should be >> aware it like amendment and other aspects. you know, if someone you know, i senator or how do you the room was filled with concerned residents and there were many questions left unanswered

senator josh becker, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. all right. >> we'll be ahh taking the time to savor thomas' crunchy yet soft bagels. thanks, tom. it's a thom, actually. right, thom. thom. thhhom. are you doing that on purpose? tam. tam. how've we got to tam? huzzah! a toast to breakfast. 844. today, the department of justice and the fbi are set to announce what they say is a significant law enforcement action in oakland. the agency has not provided details on this case, but the chronicle reports the announcement at 9:00 will include the results of a corruption investigation against recently recalled oakland mayor sheng tao. again, the conference is set to start at nine. we will bring it to you live right here on mornings on two once it begins. >> favorable weather conditions this weekend could allow fire crews to get a much better handle on the situation in los angeles. the palisades fire is still at nearly 24,000 acres. containment has steadily increased and is now at 31%. the eaton fire, meantime, is 14,0

out against mass deportations that are expected ahead of trump's inauguration state senator josh becker and assembly member liz ortega are going to be among the leaders who will be highlighting. >> historical parallels to this and also strategies to fight back, including new legislation to memorialize the devastating mexican repatriation that happened during the great depression. the gathering will be today at manny's in san francisco at 01:00pm. well, bart has announced the track work scheduled for this weekend has been postponed now and normal service. >> will resume the track shutdown and bus bridge was planned for the track between walnut creek and concord. this weekend, bart will also be providing saturday service for monday, january 20th meeting the park will open at 6 in the morning and close at midnight service on the yellow line will be every 20 minutes. we're going to take a break. 6.11, the time. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a cemetery. >> in the east bay now dealing with a thief who's taking things from tombstones. we're going to hear from friends and families of

gathering to speak out against mass deportations ahead of donald trump's inauguration state senator josh becker and assembly member liz ortega will be joining other leaders too. highlight historical parallels and strategies to fight back, including new legislation which memorializes the devastating mexican reap repatriation during the great depression. they will gather at man is in san francisco at 1 o'clock this afternoon. >> time now is 8.10, and san jose has selected a new safe parking site to support homeless residents who are living in their rv's. it's located on barry us a road near the san jose flea market and they'll be able to park there. and also that site will provide case management classes, sanitation services and food as well as 24 7 security and labor. they'll be able to accommodate 86 rv's. there it is set to open next month. bart has decided not to do that track work that was set for this weekend. that would fouled up some service. so service is going to be normal. no disruption. now this was going to be planned for the track between walnut creek and concord this weekend. we'll

. >> reporter: senator josh becker recently held an event in san francisco to discuss the history ofations and highlight what's being done to protect the state from potential raids. as the son of immigrants he believes there's no denying the vital role immigrants have had on california's economy. >> we build this country through immigration. so all of us, everybody in this country is an immigrant. only ones that are not are the -- american indian. yeah. >> recognizing the economic impact of immigrants, not just of course in the work and the jobs and the labor that is done, but also in the taxes -- estimates are undocumented population contributes $8.9 billion to the state of california. >> reporter: she is hoping younger dreamers are able to carry out their aspirations in this country, just like she has. and this country can agree on a humane immigration reform. >> live most of my life here. so san francisco is my home. i belong to every aspect of this city that is so beloved and has so much to offer. because of its, you know, diversity and cultural contributions from amazing immigra

donald trump's inauguration state senator josh becker and assembly member lives. ortega will join other leaders. they're gonna highlight historical parallels and strategies to fight back, including new legislation which memorializes the devastating mexican repatriation during the great depression and they're getting it together. man is in san francisco one this afternoon. still ahead, the kron morning news. i'm singer neighbors. it said was his the want to keep a starbucks and closing stores next month. >> we'll talk about what they plan to do. 7 months ago, her home was raided and we are just a few hours away from possibly knowing criminal charges against former oakland mayor sheng thao. we'll have the details coming up in a >> all right. welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news before you head out on this friday, many planets and things for the weekend you to have a weather is going to fall. gayle ong is in the weather center tracking that. good morning good morning rain and good morning, everyone. we'll be cooling down this weekend. you can actually make out so

among those speaking as senator josh becker to address what can and can't be done under current state law regards to protecting immigrant communities last challenge. >> we have we should great attorney general and his team were allocated additional resources and the next week or 2 attorney general to make sure that we do have he has we source this has resources. >> on friday state attorney general rob bonta announced a new bulletin to law enforcement agencies reminding them that state law in most cases prevents them from assisting immigration enforcement in partnering with federal immigration authorities. a move welcomed by these leaders trying to well >> protect check >> he had an attorney general. >> they can't the panel also provide information and resources like these red cards on what residents should do if they find themselves in direct contact with ice agents question around ph d. >> aware year. it like stand on that aspect. you know, if someone you know it is not funded or how do you the room was filled with concern residents and there were many questions left unanswered by th

speaking at the speak out about these planned mass deportations by president trump state senator josh becker, an assembly member, liz ortega are going to join other local leaders to highlight the historical parallels and also their strategies to fight back, including new legislation that memorializes the devastating mexican repatriation that happened during the great depression. they'll be at 1 o'clock this afternoon at manny's in san francisco. well, still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, a cemetery in the east bay now dealing with a theft. >> who's taking things from tombstones? we're going to hear from friends and family of loved ones. plus several class action lawsuits are claiming san jose base pay palace stealing from social palace stealing from social media influencers. why they ♪♪ ♪♪ dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. (vo) fargo is your virtual assistant from wells fargo. (woman) oh, come on! come on! (vo) fargo lets you do this: (woman) fargo, turn off my debit card! (woman) i found it! i found my card! (vo) and also, this: (woman) fargo, turn on my debit card. (vo)

and the mayor told one of my colleagues, stephanie becker, that they are rebuilding with the power lines under the ground, because obviously, if the power lines are under the ground, they can't get hit by branches and high wind, which sends sparks which create fires. so basically what we're learning is people say we need to treat this as a wake up call. we need to prepare, and we need to fight fires in a completely different way. now that our climate has changed to the point where something like this is very, very possible. jake. >> all right. nick and pacific palisades, thanks so much. let's get right to cnn meteorologist chad myers and chad, the winds and the dry conditions continue to fuel these fires. >> yep, yep. >> and today, jake, the winds are from a slightly different direction. so what the firefighters were planning on the wind going this way now. going this way. so what? the firefighters have to get away from the head of the fire, because now there's a new head of the fire talking about the palisades. 8% containment. it wouldn't surprise me. i just looked it up. i tried to fin

and i think we've had leaders like supervisor mueller, senator schiff, senator becker, our congressman coming to the table saying, we are here to be with you present and front and center, but we need to push those from across the community that were there two years ago saying, we need to make change. and everyone agreed. but there's been some areas where it's been a slow progress with five, five, five kelly saying, hey, you know, we want farmworker housing, but not here. and so those are the conversations that we have to elevate and that they can see the humanity, the beauty, the power of our farmworker community for who they are and all they've done and what they deserve. humane and dignified housing and elevating their voices forward. >> all right. in just the seconds we have left, i'm afraid i'm gonna have to ask sort of a big question, but ask for a short response. by some estimates, 75% of california farmworkers are in the country illegally. what is the feeling among the people you serve about president trump's loosening of restrictions when it comes to deportation? >> well, we ar

we won't ruin the ending for you, but do not tell becker or fagen.y musicianship of these two guys. >> yeah, we really make a case that steely dan is basically the big bang of yacht rock, you know? and it makes a lot of sense when you really explore the music they were making and all the musicians they brought in to play on those records, because really steely dan was just walter becker and donald fagen and the best studio session guys in l.a. at that time. and all these session players took what they learned from playing with steely dan out into their own music. and that was kind of the genesis of the sound in la and how it, like pop music in the landscape of music in la was changing from their laurel canyon folkier stuff in the early 70s to this more well crafted, jazz infused pop music in the late 70s. >> yeah. and, you know, it's very interesting that, again, steely dan was sort of they were the foundation of it, even though they would never want to admit that. but michael mcdonald, a guy who was like a punch line and i think it was 40 year old v

. >> i'm bob becker and i have a few where there are problems in the courts are the result at least in court of our own failure. what i mean by that is the justice department u.s. attorneys federal defenders regularly communicate with judges outside the courtroom about the issues that they are involved with not on a case-by-case basis. generically. have we ever taken the time to try outside a case to educate the judges who deal with foia cases of what the importance of this is now that should. if we haven't and i don't believe we have that we have failed. >> i agree with you. i think we should part i know for sample in d.c. i think it's pretty routine for the civil chief to meet with judges. i don't think they talk about specific cases. i'm sure they talk about more broadly the issues and i do agree. we have a range and i'm mostly familiar with d.c. which is where practice in the district court and the judge is there, there's some like judge lamberts for example is really invested in foia. he took senior status along time ago and he continues to put himself on the list for foia cases.

and then some yahoo becker decided we needed them again. they brought them in and brought us 30 wolf said we are at 200 we cannot get them so i got back here were finally able to put together a coalition government delisted grizzly bears are so they don't mess with societies. in any event we look forward to working with you on those issues. probably where the most important decisions you can make here in the immediate future is i know how the transition team is working. you any transition team will have to pick a blm director for that's important to us. all of us and western states have a tremendous amount we had a real problem with this one. fortune she's like about 95 hours left she was it terrorist, she engaged in the work that was done in idaho spiking trees. you probably know about spiking trees. since she's been blm director haven't seen i think she's been appear once in the four years. it divided this committee deeply. we had a huge fight over a straight party line vote she got confirmed we don't want somebody like that run in the bl

. >> i'm bob becker and i have a few where there are problems in the courts are the result at least inourt of our own failure. what i mean by that is the justice department u.s. attorneys federal defenders regularly communicate with judges outside the courtroom about the issues that they are involved with not on a case-by-case basis. generically. have we ever taken the time to try outside a case to educate the judges who deal with foia cases of what the importance of this is now that should. if we haven't and i don't believe we have that we have failed. >> i agree with you. i think we should part i know for sample in d.c. i think it's pretty routine for the civil chief to meet with judges. i don't think they talk about specific cases. i'm sure they talk about more broadly the issues and i do agree. we have a range and i'm mostly familiar with d.c. which is where practice in the district court and the judge is there, there's some like judge lamberts for example is really invested in foia. he took senior status along time ago and he continues to put himself on the list for foia cases. ce

qm. during his presidency. 0k, laura becker— during his presidency. 0k, laura becker in _ during hisdency. 0k, laura becker in china, - during his presidency. 0k, laura becker in china, thank you for talking to us about how this will be viewed from there. we have been looking at pictures while we have been talking, and you can see here that the motorcade had left from stjohn�*s episcopal church and here we have kamala harris, the vice president, and doug emhoff the second gentleman who have come to the entrance of the white house to greet the arriving. 0rdinarily it would be the president greeting the president so this would suggest that perhaps president so this would suggest that perhaszd vance will arrive here. there is high security around these events so we are not given all of the details in advance. an element of surprise as we await to see what happens. and there we have jd what happens. and there we have jd vance, the vice president—elect getting out of his motorcade, and his wife usha vance. is she there somewhere? we don't see her at the moment. looks like he is waiting fo

geographical fault line and we will discuss that more shortly but first hour china correspondent laura beckers update from beijing. obviously we are several hours on from this earthquake. it happened at nine in the morning, in that, as you say, remote mountainous area, and now we are beginning to see the impact of that 7.1 magnitude quake. we are seeing on cctv, which is the chinese state broadcaster, many people being taken from underneath the rubble. now it does seem that rescuers have managed to reach the area, despite its distance from any major city. they have managed to reach some of the worst hit areas, and the reason they have managed to do that is because the chinese air force launched a drone, an unmanned drone, which it flew right over the mount everest national park area, to try to find the cities and villages that have been most affected. you can see my backdrop, i am here in beijing. you can see the tall buildings, that is not the case in those mountainous regions. these houses are low—lying, they are made of bricks and we have seen footage ofjust collapsed and they have fallen