and at this time, i want to introduce our chief of police, bill scott. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. good morning, everybody. i want to start my remarks with thanks to mayor london breed. a year ago, almost a year ago today, mayor breed and i stood right over there, right behind these cameras, after one of the worse nights that we've had in a long time in the city. i don't want to regurjitate that story but what i want to highlight is what happened that day and afterwards because of the leadership of this mayor. i was angry, quite frankly, i was sick to my stomach. and the impact that that left to the people that come here to work and shop and the damage that it did to my city worldwide. mayor, we made a promise that day, that things would change. and i stood behind her to make sure that we delivered. and when i say we, i'm talking about all the people that you see back here and the people behind you. we as a community, had to deliver her promise to make this community and this city safer. i will say, we still have work to do but i'm going to sha

around town these ambassadors wearing the blue jackets are retired sfpd officers which police chief bill scott views as an asset for providing public safety. they are eyes and the ears like they're not police officers. they they have police radios. they know the coles out of it. >> you know what they're looking for? and they request on to the resources that they see something that doesn't look right to >> i am glad that city hall is acknowledging that we have crime and including graffiti and break-ins and that sort of problem in our neighborhood. doing something and their opinion that will be helpful. the president of the west portal merchants association deedra van rot on why she doesn't exactly share that opinion of how helpful the community ambassadors will be, the problems that are happening here are well defined. we know when they're happening. we know what they are, but i their break-ins and their graffiti. >> during the evening hours. so after beat officer leaves somewhere between midnight and sunrise. >> is when we're really having issues that are plaguing westport. >> and your concern

and at this time, i want to introduce our chief of police, bill scott. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. good morning, everybody. i want to start my remarks with thanks to mayor london breed. a year ago, almost a year ago today, mayor breed and i stood right over there, right behind these cameras, after one of the worse nights that we've had in a long time in the city. i don't want to regurjitate that story but what i want to highlight is what happened that day and afterwards because of the leadership of this mayor. i was angry, quite frankly, i was sick to my stomach. and the impact that that left to the people that come here to work and shop and the damage that it did to my city worldwide. mayor, we made a promise that day, that things would change. and i stood behind her to make sure that we delivered. and when i say we, i'm talking about all the people that you see back here and the people behind you. we as a community, had to deliver her promise to make this community and this city safer. i will say, we still have work to do but i'm going to sha

san francisco police chief bill scott appeared on cnn tuesday evening, and explained he was on a mission to kill. >> what was going on in his minute, i can't speak to that. but what is very clear to me, from viewing that body worn camera is he tried to kill mr. pelosi. >> reporter: kpix 5. >>> now time for this morning's other top stories. a suspected hitman, allegedly driven by a multi-million dollar motive is charged with murder and conspiracy in the death of an oakland dentist. bay san is in jail for his role in the murder of dr. lily shue in oakland. he is accused of conspiring with nelson chia, her boyfriend. he said he was a trustee for her estate. chia also admitted he stood to receive about $1 million from her life insurance policies. but he killed himself last week, while in custody. cell phone records show they began talking back in july, a month before the deadly shooting. >>> and last night, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck in the pacific ocean. centered less than 700 miles from the bay area. luckily there are no tsunami warnings this morning. >>> by yourself a powerball tic

. >> chief bill scott said recently the department is more than 500 officers short. sara? >> one of the things we hear from people when they kale police crimes for things like that, can they wait a real long time to show up? again you heard that tonight? >>> just again tonight on sunday she says a traumatized family of force waiting well over an hour after their break in. this is very common here in this area. >> betty, thank you very much. we appreciate that report. >> leading by as many as 21 points. jordan poole helped score 36. >>> steph curry is on a roll just named the nba player of the week in the western conference. it is always pretty good. >> yes, let's give him a pass on this one. he has been in his bag lately. he also had five assists at the game. and on run tmc take over night. forever warriors, all hall of famers were on the mic. >> we had prep work when we talked to the producer for 45 minutes. he told us what we need to do it. he wasn't really paying attention. >> the 49ers far left. hanging with the owner. the first quarter jordan on the run and poole was

san francisco police chief bill scott appeared on cnn tuesday evening explaining depape was on a mission to kill. >> what is very clear to me from viewing that body camera is he tried to kill mr. pelosi. >> reporter: sara donchey, kpix5. >>> joining us now live from washington dc for more on this is cbs news reporter natalie brand. thank you for joining us. citing the attack against paul pelosi, the chief of capital police is expressing concerns about the current political climate. so what would he like to see? >> reporter: he said he would like to see more resources for physical security to protect members of congress. especially in leadership. chief tom manger would not get into the details of the kind of improvements he would like to see, citing security concerns. but again, he emphasized they are dealing with this heightened risk and threat environment. and because of that, we have had to see this coordination and increase in coordination between federal officials here in washington dc and also state and local officials since we know that members constantly go back and forth between

around town these ambassadors wearing the blue jackets are retired sfpd officers which police chief bill scottasset for providing public safety. they are eyes and the ears like they're not police officers. they they have police radios the co za know about it. >> you know what they're looking for? and they request on to the resources that they see something that doesn't look right to >> i am glad that city hall is acknowledging that we have crime and including graffiti and break-ins and that sort of problem in our neighborhood. doing something and their opinion that will be helpful. >> the president of the west portal merchants association deedra van rot on why she doesn't exactly share that opinion of how helpful the community ambassadors will be, the problems that are happening here are well defined. we know when they're happening. we know what they are, but their break-ins and their graffiti during the evening hours. so after beat officer leaves. >> somewhere between midnight and sunrise is when we're really having issues that are plaguing >> and your concern is that the ambassador program m

these are passengers wearing the blue jackets are retired sfpd officers which police chief bill scottviews as an asset for providing public safety. they are eyes and ears like they're not police officers. they they have police radios the coles in ohio. >> you know what they're looking for? and they request on to the resources that they see something that doesn't look right to >> i am glad that city hall is acknowledging that we have crime and including graffiti and break-ins and that sort of problem in our neighborhood. doing something and they're paying that will be helpful. >> the president of the west portal merchants association deedra van rot on why she doesn't exactly share that opinion of how helpful the community ambassadors will be, the problems that are happening here are well defined. we know when they're happening. we know what they are, but i >> they're break-ins and their graffiti during the evening hours. so after beat officer leaves somewhere between midnight and sunrise is when we're really having issues that are plaguing west portal. >> and your concern is that the a

and at this time, i want to introduce our chief of police, bill scott.plause] >> thank you, mayor breed. good morning, everybody. i want to start my remarks with thanks to mayor london breed. a year ago, almost a year ago today, mayor breed and i stood right over there, right behind these cameras, after one of the worse nights that we've had in a long time in the city. i don't want to regurjitate that story but what i want to highlight is what happened that day and afterwards because of the leadership of this mayor. i was angry, quite frankly, i was sick to my stomach. and the impact that that left to the people that come here to work and shop and the damage that it did to my city worldwide. mayor, we made a promise that day, that things would change. and i stood behind her to make sure that we delivered. and when i say we, i'm talking about all the people that you see back here and the people behind you. we as a community, had to deliver her promise to make this community and this city safer. i will say, we still have work to do but i'm going to share a

with that, i want to introduce our chief of police, bill scott. >> thank you mayor breed and good morning, everybody. i'm going to start off with just a little quick history of it program. and when mayor breed sat with me in her office and this vision was being inspired, i saw the gloom in the mayor's eye that it's something not only that they wanted do but wanted it right now. this was over two years ago. and about a week or two after that meeting with the mayor, we were at a luncheon being hosted by the union square bid and the mayor announced that the the amr program. and i knew she wanted to get it done. it was just a vision at that time. we took that back with our team and made it happen. and here is the result of that vision by our mayor. the program started as a pilot about two years ago. this was during the global pandemic when we were constructing the program and doing everything we had to do. we had to get the support of all these wonderful elected officials behind me to get it funded. but within pretty quick amount of time, we started with 10 ambassadors assigned to union squar

our fire chief jenny nickelson, our police chief bill scott. [ applause ] whoo r what's special aboutoners here at this event they are standing with the community to show support and solidarity for the work you have done and continue to do. because i know without a doubt we are stronger when we work together. i'd like to take the opportunity to recognize i know there are a number of honoraries. i'd like to take the opportunity to provide a special recognition to the american indian health center and the work we know they have done for over 50 years. [ applause ] >> when you look at a community the health and spiritual health. the well-being is so critical to the success of the community. this center realize the importance of that over 50 years ago. they came together and the fact it's still here is a testament to the resilience of the community. when we needed them most during so many challenging times. the aids pandemic, the covid-19 pandemic all of the things our city has struggled with around health and wellness this organize provides cultureally competent support to the american i

well today, police chief bill scott says bigger police presence and the arrest of some of the most prolific retail thieves are helping to keep shoppers safe. at the same time, there's still a large number of empty storefronts and vacant space in that major retail corridor. ktvu brooks jarocz has a look now at some of the strategies to get businesses back to union square. deck down for the holidays. san francisco's union square is on the verge of what many hope is part revival, part transformation, night and day out here. there are no buildings board windows boarded up, people are out and about the energy is palpable. marisa rodriguez, ceo of the union square alliance, says visitors are coming back still, foot traffic is down compared to pre pandemic and empty storefronts account for 15% in the shopping district, close to 150. t of them. so the alliance took much of this year to develop a revitalizing recovery plan. we want to make sure that we are taking our time . of course not so much time, but enough time to get it right to strike the right balance to make sure we're attracting the right

ambassadors program today in the city's west portal neighborhood, london breed and police chief bill scottill be helpful in areas where there are large numbers of people. we are also expanding this ambassador program to the neighborhoods where we have these large commercial corridors because we know that there have been some challenges and working with our police department. our goal is to, of course, keep people safe and to address the challenges around some of the crime that has existed, chief scott says the community ambassadors, who are retired police officers will serve in a supportive role to offer an added layer of safety. the plan is to add up to 100 50 ambassadors around the city. alright if you are a dog lover, there is a very unique opportunity to give back to veterans. tony larussa is animal rescue foundation is looking for foster families for its pets to vets program ktvu brooks jarocz has the story. she's been my lifesaver. service comes in a variety of forms. jeff thomas's service began in germany as an air force sergeant during the cold war veteran who has struggled with pt

san francisco police chief bill scott also said the public can expect an increased police presence in the film or pacific heights. union street and other popular tourist destinations and business corridors as the holiday shopping season kicks off. bart officials are celebrating the completion of the powell street station modernization project. >> the renovation includes the remodeling and reopening of public restrooms led lighting throughout the station and ceiling artwork by a san francisco based artist. the new features are meant to improve riders experiences and their sense of safety paul station is known for connecting riders to the heart of downtown san francisco's shopping and hotel district. >> coming up, sacred heart community service is making sure community members have everything they need to make their holiday meals. details on the giveaway that filling tables across the south bay. >> in the south bay workers at sacred heart community service is planned to give away thousands of thanksgiving and christmas meals and they say the demand is as great as ever. kron four's. char

the san francisco police chief bill scott also helped serve food. volunteers spent the day serving a community meal to really anyone who wanted to come here by the all saints episl ch. th was alownt streets amyoe there was plenty livvorsguth puby palo alto downtown streets team and gave out left over and to go meals today from 11:30 to 1:00. they expect to serve as many as 600 this year. >> this is the first year since the pandemic we've been able to get back to a seated service. guests will be coming in and seated and volunteers will be serving. we have outdoor space for people who prefer to eat outside. we are super excited to be back. >> a lot of people are excited to be back. find out how to donate food or volunteer at streetsteam.org. i am looking forward to it. i will do thanksgiving with my family tomorrow. i am looking forward to that. >> that's great. >>> we take the great thanksgiving debate to the 49ers' locker room. hear what the players said when we asked about their favorite holiday dish. >>> we are keeping a close eye on now christmas

san francisco police chief bill scott also helped to serve food. >>> plenty live music in palo alto as volunteers fed guests. this was put on by palo alto downtown streets team. volunteers will give out leftovers and to go meals today from 11:30 to 1:00. they expect to serve as many as 600 people this year. >>> many enjoy a slow moving thanksgiving and others earn with a turkey trot. a big turn out for the 30th year of the turkey trot downtown, 5 and 10-k run. they like to encourage families to move their feet before they eat on thanksgiving day. >> we have kids all the way up through, i think our oldest was 91 or something like that. it's great to see that so many came out. we didn't know what to expect. >> proceeds go to local schools and walnut creek education foundation. >>> more calories burned in san jose as thousands came to the 18th annual silicon valley turkey trot. here they are taking streets of downtown san jose. turkey trot started at west santa clara and first streets and ended by the s.a.p. center. one of santa's elves also made an appearance. it was a beautiful day too.

bill. >> scott planned to challenge mitch mcconnell.onnell thinks scott is partly to blame by not getting involved in gop primaries. scott ran republican re-election efforts. >> bill: thank you. we're waiting. chad pergram on the hill. thanks. >> dana: as both parties consider who will lead him josh hawley said this. the old party is dead. time to bury it and build something new. le let's bring in our panel. juan, what party -- i think he was talking about the republican party. how it gets rebuilt i don't know if that even happens. there will be changes no doubt because there are changes after every election. the democrats, i think they're probably feeling fairly good. do you think it would be a mistake for democrats to think that they now have a mandate rather than that they got some lucky breaks here? >> i think it would be a mistake to think they got a mandate. what you've seen in this election we have a split country and that both really need to look at what the middle of the country specifically pragmatic terms talking about indepe

and san francisco police chief bill scott said this on cnn this afternoon. >> there is absolutely no evidence that mr. pelosi knew this man. matter-of-fact, evidence indicates the opposite. >> sadly, in this era of social media, after every tragedy like this unfortunately seen some awful reactions. i don't care officials fired after saying he was glad republican leader steve scalise was shot by a deranged bernie sanders supporter in 2017. same, you some pretty awful comments on social media after republican senator rand paul's neighbor attacked him, breaking six of his ribs, bruising his lungs, making it difficult for him to breathe. sending rand paul to the hospital. and three years later, commenting on a controversy involving senator paul. one of speaker pelosi's daughter, tweeting that rand paul's neighbor was right. she then deleted it. all these comments on unequivocally wrong, but these smears about paul pelosi, they are not just evidence of partisanship blocking someone's ability to be human, they are conspiratorial, they are in a way an attempt to not just downplay but justif

policing the recent san francisco police commission did a nationwide search it find a chief like bill scott was because the reform our police department needed to do given the problem its had. we can't fulfill the promise of that if everybody is running to the next priority -- you know 911 call. it is about community policing. it building trust and recruiting from the communities this serve us. there is promise there, i will say that the last couple of police academy classes are more diverse than before in san francisco history. we don't have enough mrfrs that will be something we don't solve many public safety problems if weapon can't solve that. >> ms. billie cooper. thank you, cherelle jackson. you know i felt so safe in my neighborhood when i saw police walking through the neighborhood. what you call that00 eye forget what do you call that. foot patrol. i felt safe when i i felt more cohesively sense of safety seeing the police walking through the neighborhoods and getting to know the neighbors and the store owners. the people that run the shops and everything. we need more of that. we

mayor breed and police chief bill scott introduced the program yesterday to the west portal neighborhood, the chief says the community ambassadors, who are retired police officers will serve in the supportive role, giving an added layer of safety at the plan is to add up to 150 ambassadors around san francisco. their ambassadors right now in districts that include the bayview, chinatown, haight ashbury and the mission. the national weather service says that take precautions because of frost advisories in effect this morning. for most of the bay area. temperatures are as low as 29 degrees, according to see right along marsh creek road out near clayton khorkina street in delta also included precautions include protecting your gardens and your pets. santa clara county opened warming centers and libraries and senior centers and provided meals to people who need them as well. the recent rains we've had mean snow is falling up in the sierra and ski season, is ramping up to start early. real opens at 10 o'clock this morning, mount rose will open through sunday clothes for a week before reopenin

joining us now with san francisco police chief, bill scott. chief scott, appreciate you joining us. just heard from jamie gangel's reporting the pelosi family will be able to hear the 9-1-1 calls, see the body cam footage of the video earlier tonight on cnn, the district attorney said that you see the attack on the body camera footage. is it clear to you why the attacker hit mr. pelosi with the hammer as the police were approaching? was there some trigger to that? >> well, first of all, anderson, thank you for having me on. what is crystal clear to me is he tried to kill mr. pelosi. now, what was going on in his mind as to why he did that? i can't speak to that. but what is very clear to me, reviewing that body worn camera, is he tried to kill mr. pelosi. >> can you confirm how many times mr. pelosi was struck? >> well, we know it's at least one and we are, you know, trying to figure it out through the evidence and the injuries. but we know it's at least one is what can be seen on the body worn camera footage. you know, it was an immediate tackling of this mr. depape by the officers

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police chief bill scott and mayor london breed revealed plans to keep union square safe and bustling for this time of year. that conference happened last week this time last year, several high end stores in the area all became victims to smash and grab robberies. places like louisville, thanh eve, saint laurent name and marcus were each force to replace glass windows, doors and the merchandise. police say they've increased the presence of officers in the area and they've arrested key prolific suspects in last year's robberies, making them pretty confident stores this year would remain safe, but in total the store lost about $180,000 worth of equipment and suffered about 20,000 worth of damages. we know police are working with surveillance images for its investigation. of course, we're working to learn more about this case, and once we do we will let you know. we're not alive this morning near san francisco's union square. i'm james torres ktvu fox two news. alright thank you , james. today is cyber monday, but many americans still prefer to get out of the house and do their holiday s

and san francisco police chief bill scott also said the public can expect an increased police presencefilm or pacific heights. union street and other popular tourist destinations and business corridors as we get into the holiday season. >> well, nfl superstar quarterback tom brady and nba star steph curry are now under investigation for violations of security laws. the foam is related to their promotion of the different cryptocurrency exchange. ftx is klein's lost billions of dollars when it suddenly collapsed. director of enforcement for the texas state securities board joe rotunda tells bloomberg that the board is taking a look at payments to brady korean other celebrities that supported ftx. the news comes a year after an investor filed a class action lawsuit against the company, its former ceo and celebrities who promoted the exchange because of their influence on the public. well, im of a star cain velasquez has been given permission to compete in a pro wrestling match in arizona next month. santa clara county judge granted his request travel out of state and temporarily have his

police chief bill scott says multiple factors had to come together to address crime in the area, including increased security and shops, higher police presence around union square and the fact that his officers have taken some of the most cruel. defict thieves off the streets were part of the california how we patrol the chp s organized retail death task force, and we got some some prolific people. in custody, and i believe that that has made an impact. plus, our deployment has been consistently higher, much higher than it was a year ago. visitors safe so far, the city is making a good impression. it looks really good. we walked by the couple cops looking out, and it was like a good safe experience on the bar and coming off. it seems very clean. but i have you know, that's something i guess. maybe that's why i noticed. and yeah, very clear walkways clear walking past and it's just really nice. city leaders say they're also trying to rethink how to use the space around union square. that means spaces that used to be retail like this. former, h and m are now being used as pop up spaces for f

told 911 later a police officer he didn't know the man and here's what san francisco police chief bill scott told cnn yesterday. >> there is absolutely no evidence that mr. pelosi knew this man. matter of fact, the evidence indicates the exact opposite. >> the exact opposite is what he said. daniel, some right wing figures including actually elected people in important office, like lieutenant governor of north carolina, have been promoting this claim that the attacker was found by police in his underwear. it is not true. where did that come from? >> so, poppy, this came from a report from a local tv station, a fox affiliate, except that tv station retracted the claim, issued a correction saying pretty plainly, it is just not true. and if that's not sufficient for people, take a look again at the fbi complaint. it says the cops on scene found a bunch of stuff, including a cell phone and cash in the intruder's shorts pocket. so this man was wearing clothes. now, this one may have been based on some vague police language early on, but the fbi complaint makes totally clear there was one hammer,

san francisco police chief bill scott also said the public can expect an increased police presence in the film or pacific heights. union street and other popular tourist destinations and business corridors. >> 2 years into the pandemic, the business and tourism at san francisco's union square is still falling behind 2019 levels and the city's mayor and union square alliance have come up with a new strategic plan which aims to revive the city's prime shopping district. the 2 main objectives of the strategic plan are to make the district as clean and safe as possible and to broaden its economic base allowing more flexibility in terms of what types of uses are allowed there. >> but more importantly. >> you can come here for almost anything. downtown is not just the place to shop. it's a place to eat. it's a place to hang out is the place to just look now at the magic in the beauty of what you see and it's a place to really, truly in july. >> the city says it has beefed up security at garages and transit stations as well as improved trask trash collection and pressure washing time to step