. >> reporter: supervisor catherine stephanie who introduced the resolution stood by her claims. "the nra is a terrorist

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supervisors last week passed a resolution authored by catherine stephanie. we spoke with someone who had friends attending the gilroy garlic festival when last month's rampage and he said they should be acceptable. >> it is hard because they've shown zero sympathy for all of the people killed by guns. >> in the meantime, others are coming down on the side of the nra which is demanding the city stand down. the nra ceo wayne la pierre wrote this also comes with a message to those who attack the nra. we will never stop fighting for our law-abiding constitutional freedom. >>> a woman is recovering after being rescued from san francisco bay. first responders were called to the shoreline north of oakland airport before 4:00 this morning. they arrived to find that woman about 20 yards out screaming for help. they say she was alert when rescued but an ambulance took her to the hospital. it is not clear why she was in the water to begin with. >>> and it is now b days s the deadly southern california boat fire and tomorrow salvage teams are hoping to pull theferal aut

. >> reporter: supervisor catherine stephanie who introduced the resolution stood by her claims. "the nra is a terrorist organization that isn't succeeding at much of anything. this lawsuit is just their latest unsuccessful effort." >> it's really hard for me to feel sympathetic for the nra. they've shown zero sympathy for all of the people that have been killed by guns. >> reporter: san francisco's jonathan lally has two friends who were at the gilroy garlic festival when a gunman obviousl biased, but i think it's time for them to be held accountable and this is obviously an extreme means to somehow hold them accountable. >> reporter: lili tan, "nbc bay area news." >> the city does not immediately stand down. the nra is demanding a trial by jury but some supervisors are actually doubling down, accusing the group of running to court instead of dealing with gun violence. and we're continuing our coverage of the nra lawsuit on our website. if you'd like to read the entire lawsuit, we've posted it for you online. just click on the story box to find the link is the nbcbayarea.com. >>

supervisor catherine stephanie offered the resolution after the mass shooting in gilroy in july. she says the nra uses its position to spread propaganda leads to gun deaths every day across the country. the nra says in its lawsuit that the city is infringing on their free speech rights. the city attorney's office responded quote it is unfortunate the nra would rather run to court and do something about the epidemic of gun violence in our country. the american people would be better served if the nra stopped trying to get weapons of war into our community and instead actually did something about gun safety. >>> governor newsom signed two bills into law today cracking down on fraudulent medical exemptions for child vaccinations. one bill allows health officials to investigate doctors to grant more than five medical exemptions in a year. and schools with vaccination rates of less than 95%. the other bill reduces liability for doctors and gives a grace . for students with existing medical exemptions. today's signing came as several anti-vaccine protesters were arrested during a demon

here is catherine stephanie, district two supervisor. >> hey everybody, how are you doing? i want be to thank everybody for joining us and for our assessor for bringing us altogether again. it is my privilege to join everyone up here. these powerful women who have been my mentors and my inspiration. especially malia cohen and council member speer who has done so much for gun prevention. they say 99 years ago women were not given the right to vote. we had to fight for it as congress women speer said. women were jailed, force-fed because theyder were on hunger strikes. we have had to fight and fight to win so many more victories since the 19th amendment was passed. in san francisco we have incredible women serving as senators and nancy pelosi, our lieutenant-governor and mayor. we are proving when women run, women win. we know we have so much work to do. last year i stood here and my colleagues we celebrated the second ever women majority on the board of supervisors. there were seven women on the board of supervisors when i was here last year. now there are only four out of 1

supervisor catherine stephanie wrote a scathing declaration reading in part "the national rifle association spreads propaganda that ms. informs and aims to deceive the public about the dangergun violence.">> the an array has a coming to th do everything i possibly can to call them out on what they are, which is a domestic terrorist organization. >> she wrote the decoration following the mass shooting in the garlic festival. >> then the next weekend we had day in ohio, and el paso texas, now we've had odessa texas. people are dying every day in this country, 100 people lose their lives to gun violence prevention, doing nothing is not an option. >> the an array responded with a statement reading in part "this ludicrous stunt by the board of supervisors is an effort to distract from the real problems facing san francisco, such as rampant homelessness, drug abuse and skyrocketing the crime to name a few. the an array will continue working to protect the constitutional rights of all freedom loving americans." we talked with supervisor stephanie who says she hopes it doesn't all and with this dec

supervisor catherine stephanie wrote the resolution after the mass shooting in gilroy in july.n to spread up again . that leads to gun deaths every day across the country. in their lawsuit the nra says the city is infringing on their free speech rights. the san francisco city attorney's office responded to the lawsuit with the statement. "it's unfortunate that the nra would rather run to court then do something about the epidemic of gun violence in our country. the american people would be better served if the nra stopped trying to get weapons of war into our communities, and instead, actually did something about gun safety." >>> democrats are pushing for action on gun control now that they have returned to capitol hill. as lauren blanchard reports, president trump may be nearing a decision about what legislation he would support.>> i'm always optimistic. victim critic senator bueso saying he's hopeful that the president will be close to signaling what legislation he would support. a draft of a potential drunken truck plan is expected to be presented to the president this week.

supervisor catherine stephanie wrote a scathing decoration reading in part "of the national rifle association spreads propaganda the missing forms and aims to deceive the public about the dangers of gun violence." >> the an array has a coming to them and i will do whatever i possibly can to call them out on what they are emma which is a mystic terrorist organization. >> in fact stephanie wrote the organization following the mass shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. the gunmen killing three before being shot and cornered by police. >> then we had in ohio and el paso texas, now we have odessa texas, people are dying every day in this country. and doing nothing is not an option, that's what the an array continues to do. >> the an array responded with "this ludicrous stunt by the board of supervisors is an effort to distract from the real problems facing san francisco such as rampant homelessness, drug abuse and skyrocketing petty crime to name a few. at the an array will continue working to protect the constitutional rights of all freedom loving americans." the supervisor saying that the decl

the resolution is sponsored by supervisors catherine stephanie, a gun violence prevention activist.ls ktvu that she introduced the resolution after the gilroy shooting she says an array lobbying is keeping gun control legislation from being considered in the u.s. senate. >>> walmart announced today that it will stop selling certain types of ammunition in the wake of the recent mass shootings in texas. the retail giant will stop villager barrel rifle ammunition after the current stock is cleared. while this type of ammunition is commonly used in some hunting rifles, it's also used in large capacity clips on military style weapons. walmart is the largest arms retailer here in the u.s., and it is also asking customers not to carry firearms in their stores, even in states where it's legal. >>> first responders will be holding active shooter drills in walnut creek all this week. walnut creek police and concord police along with other county fire department will be holding two drills a day. they are working with john mere health to conduct this training. more than 200 workers from the hos

supervisor catherine stephanie with resolution after the shooting in gilroy july.d the unit of -- they use propaganda that leads to gun deaths across the country. they said the city is infringing on its rights. >> they said it is unfortunate that the nra would rather run support the do something about the epidemic of gun violence in our country. the american people would be better served if the nra stop trying to get weapons of war into our communities and instead actually did something about gun safety.>>> the time is now 7:36 am. now the congress is back from their recess, democrats are pushing for action on gun control. house speaker nancy pelosi is increasing the pressure on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to put a bill up for a vote. it would require background check for any gun purchases. it is already passed in the house.>> is there anyone in this institution or anywhere else in public life whose political survival is more important than the survival of our children and the safety of our community. we are not taking no for an answer.>> senator mcconne

just felt you had to step in and say so but i don't speak for 4 people good morning catherine sorry monica and i stephanie i mean yeah i mean i think you have to remember. lou was a terror that he should she really activists or she simply wanted to get something out and had we been able to work with her in a more conventional way how do you been able to. to work in the way that we light so with our sources we would advise her completely differently we would have to trust starts told her to keep her mouth shut. but she's such an honest person that she she just felt she couldn't do that so one thing that the film makes clear but it is i think unusual by these kinds of cases is that. classroom was an hour. after class ring did not work with us it later became i think quite important i was on the case but you know at the time we had no idea who she was. and. let's just remember that she's not someone who's trained to do this kind of thing she was just acting coach i'm so glad you spoke up there martin because so much of this conversation surrounds the role of the media and earlier we're talking about handing

catherine stefani authored the resolution that not only cites a number of gun violence statistics, but it also claims the nra spreads propaganda and promote extremist positions. stephanie says she's tired of the way the organization blocks gun violence legislation. she also says the resolution is not about the second amendment. >>this isn't about the second amendment and this is second amendment is something that i support but at the same time i don't support. >>dangerous people getting access to dangerous weapons all we want to do is keep you and your family from getting a shot friends from tiny and i want to take your guns away i want to people to have guns that may do harm the nra doesn't care about that. >>in response the nra released a statement saying the stunt as that organization called it is an effort to distract from the problems facing san francisco. such as rampant homelessness drug abuse and petty crime. >>well today, the jury in the ghost ship warehouse trial requested a read back of testimony from an oakland first responder, a person who made contact with co-defendant derick almena at the warehouse 2 years befwre that massive fire took the lives of 36 pe