and rivalries in china town including the infamous golden dragon massacre. and ed yu speaks about the crimes before he would be charged in those crimes. >>> the fbi's recent arrest of state senator leland yee and five other defendants have refocused attention on someone who has had criminal complaints, "shrimp boy" chow. the golden dragon massacre in 1977 is also one of his crimes. members of the rival joe boy's gang came in and opened fire. they killed five people and wounded 11 others. none of the gang members. here is the report at that time september 4, 1944 from ktvu's mike o'conner. >> about one minute the ammunition is spent. and the floor was full of dead and dying. the people who were not hit were in terror. some were cowering behind chairs even after police arrived. ambulances filled body bags and went back for more. this was a massacre. one of the victims was celebrating his college graduation up from los angeles with buddies. he found himself in the middle of horror. >> they were all around us. there were four of us sitting at the table. three of

would like to do some late night the dining and build a counter here. >> up and coming chef wants china town to be a foodie heaven. he is turning the back door in the alley into the new entrance and updating the menu town collude only farm to table produce and meat. >> it is show casing what farmers are doing here now and also laning up a lot of the food. loot of it, to me, is getting -- cleaning up a lot of the food. a lot of it is getting rid of the imported stuff you get from chew and make it here. >> they want to turn this empty building on broadway into what he hopes will be the french laundry of chinese food. he has plans for a gourmet foot marketplace and a fine doing restaurant, but he says the transformation of china town is more than just about food. she's thinking it needs a visual boost. >> we have enlisted the help of a hollywood set designer. >> dragons on roof tops and lights on street corns are some ideas. >> you're crossing some line here, almost disney land like. >> thank you for asking that because one of the criteria that i had is that it not look like disney land. we try

, china town is closer to us and they are having issues of the stores not accepting the credit cards and stuff like that and i am just trying to offer a nice collection of high end hard liquor and spirits to my customers. and that is... >> great, thank you. >> if you could talk a little bit about that, sort of what kind of out reach that you have done. and i know that you have spoken to the district supervisor. if you could talk about that a little bit, please? >> the hours? >> the out reach. >> out reach to the community in terms of it. >> we out reach to you want me to tell you the name of the... >> could you tell me a little bit about the kind of out reach that you have done? >> well, we out reach for the associations and the union square business improvement district and san francisco council, and the district merchant association and the san francisco chamber of commerce. and immediate business neighbors. and supervisors of district three. and san francisco department of central station and permit and code enforcement and san francisco police departments of abc. and the unit. >>

agents want more information on an alleged china town crime sunday cat -- syndicate. the charges are murder for hire, drugs anemone laundering. the supervisor says he will help the fbi. the supervisor dealt with shrimp boy in the past and felt threatened. >> you have a little bit of a history with mr. chou. there were issues around city funding of his organization in 2009. there was some issues between them where he had police protection for a couple months after that. >> chou was in court to enter a plea in the corruption scan crystal. his attorneys insist he is innocent. >> he did not do any of those things. it is that easy. if you read the indictment carefully. >> the scandal has led some china town leaders to distance themselveses from employee. they say in part t -- the fall out will not set back the progress of others who fought so hard to be political leaders. it was saned by the chinese community members and merchants. linda yee kpix 5. >> more charges are possible in this case. last week, prosecutors said they wanted to revise the at the same time. >>> an ac

noon, plea entries from suspended senator lee land yee and his co-defendant keith jackson as the china town gang leader makes a change to his legal team and the federal corruption case. >>> plus, it's the day giants orphans have been waiting for. the -- fans have been waiting for. the home opener now just over an hour away. the gates are opening. >>> good afternoon, i'm tori campbell. ktvu has just confirmed that nor slow virus is expected -- norovirus is suspected in dozens of people in san francisco yesterday at a carnival cruise ship. a spokeswoman tells us 37 passengers reported coming down with a gastrointestinal illness believed to be caused by the highly contagious virus. the cruise lainer says the first -- liner says the first sign of the possible outbreak it immediately initiated enhanced sanitation procedures. we're told the ship was sanitized and wept back to sea with all the passengers on board including the ones who got ill. >>> people in san francisco are being allowed back in their homes after a gas leak in the bay view district. pg&e says the contractor hit an eight inch mai

las llamas quemaron gran parte de la vivienda >> un hombre grave en china town, el chofer del vehículonecio en la escena >> alguien se hace pasar por policía y dice a las personas que tiene orden de arresto en su contra, los empleados del tribunal no llaman por teléfono a las personas, tengalo en cuenta >> arrestados que tenían metanfetaminas fueron arrestados >> estamos hablando de un operativo de varios meses, fueron detenidos ell 27 de marzo. se dio a conocer las fotografias, uno de 22 vinculado con carteles de michoacán, y la otras es norma juárez de 24 años de edad, se les encontraron decenas de libras de metanfetaminas. acá hay algunas de las evidencias que dieron a conocer las autoridades. el vocero del departamento de alguciles nos dijo >> los detectives trabajaron este caso varios meses, encontraron dos personas en un vehículo. este vehículo que manejaban, tenía metanfetaminas que estaban escondidas >> metanfetaminas que ascienden a 34 libras de este producto >> a ponce se le fijo un afinaza de 20mil dólares, y a norma de medio millon de dólares >> en oakland se graduó la gene

. >>> and we have more involving the scandal over leyland yee and former china town are off to a goodtart. >> yap way 46789 we will tell you more about highway 24 on the way to the tunnel. >> not much quieter, we had some rain around and clouds were on the increase and they will lead to more today. . >>> welcome being it is now 4:43 and it continues to pound chile, and it shook buildings sent people running into the streets set off a tsunami warning and it came a day after the earthquake killed several people and there have been dozens of after shocks now more pictures are coming out of the year and a state of emergency has been declared and about 2500 homes have been damaged and they could destroy the fishing entry, it could take years for this to return to normal and they have rounded up 300 inmates to broke out of prison shortly after. >>> and renewing preparation efforts after san francisco. now when sirens go off, they go inland and uphill as soon as possible. san francisco will unveil a new mobile app in two weeks following a natural disaster. >> one of the key prices are on, wh

when he got out he became active in china town politics saying he was reformed man. >> unfortunately nothing that i heard which was particularly surprising. >> test because san francisco supervisors president chu saw the dark side of so-called shrimp boy. 5 years ago when the ciao was manager of china town night market chu called on then mayor newsom to pull city funding from the program because of ciao involvement. this is what he told abc 7 news then. >> given the new players that are allegedly involved i have significant questions about what has been proposed. >> angry ciao took out this ad in a chinese newspaper saying chew was like a corps eating vegetarian dinner. >> yes raymond did punly attack me. personally threatened me. he came after me and the police thought it was important for a period of time to provide police protection. >>reporter: that police protection lasted 6 months. vick lee abc 7 news. >> oakland police step up patrol around a school where she was sexually assaulted las week. school was letting out at this school last friday. police say man lured 6-year-old gir

s china town you'll find plenty of chinese restaurants and shops.hat you won't find might surprise you - chinese people living here. most of the immigrants live eight miles to the east in monter apark. >> you have everything there. you feel like you are in china, you don't need to speak english. >> may left her home in china 16 years ago, seeking a new life in moner apark. >> it may be unknown, but it's known as america's first suburban china town, with asians accounting for 67% of the city's 60,000 residents. >> when i come here i want my own business and house. this is my dream. >> first, may needed a job. >> one of the chinese say to me "you come from china." he said "yes, do you want to look for job? let's go to the job agency". >> dozens of agencies connect chinese immigrants with employers looking for cheap labour. >> i work every day, $800 per month. >> may worked and saved to buy seven salons. may's is a success story, despite concerns that agencies farm workers out to low-paying dead-end jobs. even in may's case, her first job came at a hea

. >> reporter: among the charges the fbi says the china town bang leaders and others are accused of conspireing to sell 50 cases of stolen henessy. he was an uncover fbi agent saying they could hook him up with an arms dealer in the philippines. the associated press is reporting yee used $900 in campaign money to meet with officials in 2008. four years later a 246 payment to an airline was made from the senator's office older account for a tax finding trip. yee represents daily city where large part is philippine. >> for him to go to try to gender business for the bay area, that's totally fine. if you were talking about gun running, that's not good. >> reporter: they will be back in court on tuesday. yee's attorney had no comment today. nbc bay area news. >>> the sentence is for the guilty plea to a 2009 perjury charge. he lives in san francisco he already served a sentence for mail fraud and extortion. >>> an emotional good-bye today. family and friends gathered for funeral services for a bay area marine. he was killed by a suspected drunk driver weeks after he returned from a tour in afghanis

. >> supporters of san francisco china town crime figure portrayed him as a reformed man today free shrimpg a news conference a small crowd of supporters crowd that had event to tell reporters chow is a changed man. a community activist that tep heps troubled >> he has been a target for a decade. nothing ever risen to a level of criminal activity. >> tomorrow, they will be in court, the first appearance before the judge, assigned to preside in this case >> public works crews working to repair a sink hole. take a look at this thing. it's five feet wide, four feet deep. crews are filling the hole with sand and hope to have it covered up today. contra costa college was closed because of a gas leak. this happening at 10:00 this morning. the school is on mission bell drive in san pablo. workers from a third party construction company hit the gas main under a project on campus, causing this problem. >> a bill forcing bottlers to stamp a warning on soda and other sugary drinks passed a test at the state capitol. a label would warn people drink was sugar added may link to eeb ease ti, and tooth de

for example in china town a room cost upwards of $500. this is over rent for example is over 50 percent of seniors income. it's a great hardship. as we get older a lot of seniors health declines and this comes from frequency of doctors visits and rely on muni and go out to get groceries. muni is our primary mode. a lot of seniors who want to be socially active, muni is the way to go. muni does take a large portion of our budget. so we ask that supervisors and the mta in the budget give what you can to seniors for people with disabilities so they can have good lives in san francisco. we know there are models out there like in cities that provide transportation to seniors. we hope to see that you make an investment towards seniors to support us soon. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> [ hi, my name is mr. quack. i'm a represent ative from chinatown. i want to draw attention today to pedestrian safety and to the well being of pedestrians. i want to see an investment towards ped safety. an example of what i want to se

they said he has come a long way since he received time in prison for his china town gang activities. his attorney says the government has lousy evidence against chow. >> we don't remember a gangster, we represent an exemplary human being and i'm not talking about before he went to prison but since he got out. >> chow served three prison terms totaling 21 years and since the last release in 2003, he has not committed any crimes and has tried to help the community. >>> a big selloff for the single largest one day decline this year on wall street, the dow fell one-and-a-half% and the nasdaq lost 29 percent and biotech was the biggest losers. after the affordable health care, kathy sebelius announced she is stepping down from her post as held and human services secretaries there was delays and despite the start there is a mastiff turn around from six months ago. sebelius announced the total of 7.5 million people have signed up for insurance. the new york times is reporting that president obama will announce sylvia bird well. >> a substation last year raised big questions about security.

the main suspect is raymond chu who had amid travel and shut down the china town office a month ago. a victim spoke us but did tut want to be on camera. >> i paid $4,000 for my trip to hong kong in june but the travel agency took arm my money is disappeared. i tried. i was so upset. many did not realize they were ripped off until they arrived at the airport only to be told they had if reservation. >> we know of car pools but how about air pools which allows pilot to sell empty seats on private flights now east ground in the bay area. >> car pooling is a merchandise everyone day makeover with wheels and wings. >> this week, start-up air pooler partnered with pilots from a flying club and offer bay area flights. >> we don't advertise specific flights. air pooler is a platform that pilots come to and passengers come to, to find each other, given that they have common destinations. >> the c.e.o. says that pilots use the website to post when and where they are boeing and the number of seats available. a passenger can catch a ride by agreeing to share prorated cost of gas and taxes and fee

for example in china town a room cost upwards of $500. this is over rent for example is over 50 percent of seniors income. it's a great hardship. as we get older a lot of seniors health declines and this comes from frequency of doctors visits and rely on muni and go out to get groceries. muni is

. >> there were a lot of complaints in china town.n the drought or the construction of the central subway tunnel. >>> tonight the state lawmaker wants to make sure when it comes to seafood you know what you're getting. in northern california 38% of the fish tested was mislabeled. now, the senator, they want to make it illegal to sell mislabeled food. >> seafood products we call it could lead to the consumption of seafood that's not only unhealthy, but could potentially be dangerous. it's pretty simple. the fish we order should be the fish that we are served. >> reporter: the senator's bill against seafood fraud would require labels on all varieties of fish or shellfish to clearly identify the species by its common name. >>> coming up gold coins, memorabilia, even cold hard cash that could be yours. they are making it easier to get all that stuff back to their owners. >>> moving on up, getting a few digs. >>> this guy is bobbing around in the middle of the ice cold pacific tonight with ,,,,,,,,,, -dad, why are you getting that? -that's

presidential palace lassie is venezuela has intensified diplomatic and commercial relations with china townin venezuela have invested around twelve billion dollars to develop joint project in sectors such as fuel production infrastructure and agriculture. caracas is a long second stop of one nation regional tour launched on an outing to look at the weekend and will also travel to argentina and brazil later this week. on monday ukraine's on the elected interim government will comb the highest level visit by united states official says the current political crisis erupted there several months ago. us vice president joe biden came to the ukrainian capital with a clear message of support what he called ukrainian democracy. ut and territorial integrity. he brought with them a package of techno wool and logistical assistance to hold the struggling ukrainian economy. cctv me hi bye to the reports from kiev. in its latest effort to support ukraine's interim government washington sent us vice president joe biden to kiev for meetings with ukraine's acting president on sunday preaching of prime minist

china town residents tell us there are more rodents in that neighborhood since construction on central subway started four years ago. >> speaking of infestation, bart dealing with an unpleasant discovery on board one train. bed bugs. >> a bart rider noticed that and notified officials. >> yes. it's one of the stories that leaves you itching the bart train taken out of service and undergoing a top to bottom kleining after a passenger says he got accost yomed by bed bugs on the way to work. >> that is not good. >> not the kind of thing you'd expect to find on the commute to work. >> wow. >> one rider got to work and found bug bites on his body. bart says it located the car ask took the train out of service for cleaning. bart says it is rare but not impossible. the pest may have hitched the ride from passengers carried yesterday >> horrible. >> mo is grossed out but not surprised. >> some of the seats are nasty. you know? stains all over the place >> do you stand up? >> most of the time, doi stand up. >> local transit union commends bart but says trains need to be maintained better. >> if

he was part offed target of organized crime in san francisco area in chew -- china town. he was denied bill after he was deemed a flight risk. >> san francisco fire visit gators -- investigators are looking into the fire sat a home where an 84-year-old woman was killed near the cow palace yesterday before 5:30 p.m. a man living there had to jump from a second-story window to get away from the flames. he and four others were taken to the hospital, two in critical condition. firefighter could not reach the el decemberly -- the elderly victim in time, jane thompson. >> a judge is ordering another pay raise for the monitor overseeing the oakland police department at $165,000. the firm police performance solution has $90000,000 -- 900,000 deal for police brutality. a separate court appointed overseer was fired. >>> now you can put the umbrella away. >> after the commute we will be fine. one more shower in the north by, around lucas valley road up to this area. and then also, toward novato and down into the tip of marin you can see around sausalito and the headlands we have wet

a downpour in china town. ktvu captured the picture. just some of the rain that we're following tonight. rosemary is back now with storm tracker 2. looks like the rain is not over yet. >> it just keeps coming. and it will for the next several hours before it finally winds down. let's get to storm tracker 2 and we'll see where some of these showers are moving through. as we head toward the peninsula, i'm picking up light rain perhaps moderate at times. moving through san francisco, we have some light rainfalling rainfall -- light rainfalling along. we've got rain continuing to fall. not picking up any lightning at the moment. you have to get into areas like farther south, monterey, salinas reporting lightning strikes at this time. but we are continuing to see these passing showers and the cold unstable air moving into the bay area. light to moderate rain along highway 101. and i have to take you into the hills, mount hamilton. this pink shade indicating a mix of snow and rain. let's head to the sierra where the snow showers continue at t

several co-defendants are also due in court today, including a former china town gang member and sanncisco political consultant keith jackson. >>> a measure to raise the minimum wage is on hold. city council passed it last month and just needed a final vote for it to become law. the ordinance would raise the city's minimum wage by increments to $12.30 an hour by the year 2017. but in a move that supplied a lot of people the city council decided to delay a final vote. some of the council members want a full study first with input from local businesses before they're willing to give final approval. >>> google stock is down over 2% right now in early trading. it has been down more than 3% in premarket trading. that was in reaction to its first quarter earnings report after yesterday's closing bell. google did announce revenue topped $15 billion was up nearly $2.5 billion from the same time last year. also online advertising was up 910%. all sounds great, but that did not meet analyst expectations -- 19%. >>> new this morning, the number of americans filing new unemployment claims inched

. >> monterey park is well-known in china as america's first suburban china town. >> i want to have my own business when i come here. have my own house. this is my dream. >> but first, may needed a job. >> one of the can chinese girls talked to me, you coming from china? yes, i'm from china too. lest go to the job agencies. >> dozens of chinese employers looking for cheap labor. >> i work every day, $800 per month. >> may worked and save nuf enouo credit buy eight salons. hers is a success story. some are farmed out to low paying dead end jobs. even in may's case her first job came at a heavy price. >> first they charge you your whole paycheck. >> monterey park's mayor anthony wong says even low wages are better than what most of the immigrants left behind in china. >> they work for restaurants foot massage place. earn 9, $10 per hour is good. >> are professor cindy ph phan acknowledges, she says for chinese immigrants with no skills, agencies play be their best option. >> i do know that there might be circumstances in which comploitation happens. but by and large, i would say the agen

they say he came a long way since he served time in prison for his china town gang activities.ants say if county has lousy evidence. >> we're representing an exemplary human being. i'm not talking before he went to prison, i'm talking since he got out. >> he says since his last release he has not committed any crimes and has tried to help out his community. >>> suspended state senator's leland yee attempt to drop out of a race. republican candidate pete peterson is now in first place. other candidates are trailing way behind but the number of undecided voters is still 41%. the two leading candidates will face off this fall. >>> there were stories of a job well done and recognition ceremony in fairfield today for members of the police department. plaques and awards were handed out to many individuals from a lieutenant who announced his retirement after 30 years on the force to officers recognized for stolen vehicle arrests or helping fellow officers who were hurt on the job. sergeant joshua kresha and another officer were awarded exceptional service officers. >> we got people ou

the lawyer says jew will spend time helping programs in china town. >> work with older people who need help. younger people who need help in education. ged and things like that. >> judge originally opposed 60 day sentence on jew but allowing him to be relessed 30 days early on good behavior. he has been ordered to perform 2500 hours of community servic service. >> concord police officer turned himself in today and resigned from his job after being accused of stealing prescription drug from his senior citizens. the crimes occurred at senior housing complex called the heritage in downtown concord. 12 year vet run of the con record police department is accused his authority to go in the apartment for several seniors and take their pain pills. in addition to drug theft he's charged with burglary and elder abuse. he will seek treatment. >> dramatic rescue at sea playing out to help california family whose 1-year-old daughter has become seriously ill. this real life drama is playing out 1,000 miles off the west coast of mexico. mission to the air lift the child is being handled by the intern

a downpour in china town. ktvu captured the picture. just some of the rain that we're following tonight. rosemary is back now with storm tracker 2. looks like the rain is not over yet. >> it just keeps coming. and it will for the next several hours before it finally winds down. let's get to storm tracker 2 and we'll see where some of these showers are moving through. as we head toward the peninsula, i'm picking up light rain perhaps moderate at times. moving through san francisco, we have some light rainfalling rainfall -- light rainfalling along. we've got rain continuing to fall. not picking up any lightning at the moment. you have to get into areas like farther south, monterey, salinas reporting lightning strikes at this time. but we are continuing to see these passing showers and the cold unstable air moving into the bay area. light to moderate rain along highway 101. and i have to take you into the hills, mount hamilton. this pink shade indicating a mix of snow and rain. let's head to the sierra where the snow showers continue at t

they say he came a long way since he served time in prison for his china town gang activities.dants say if county has lousy evidence. >> we're representing an exemplary human being. i'm not talking before he went to prison, i'm talking since he got out. >> he says since his last release he has not committed any crimes and has tried to help out his community. >>> suspended state senator's leland yee attempt to drop out of a race. republican candidate pete peterson is now in first place. other candidates are trailing way behind but the number of undecided voters is still 41%. the two leading candidates will face off this fall. >>> there were stories of a job well done and recognition ceremony in fairfield today for members of the police department. plaques and awards were handed out to many individuals from a lieutenant who announced his retirement after 30 years on the force to officers recognized for stolen vehicle arrests or helping fellow officers who were hurt on the job. sergeant joshua kresha and another officer were awarded exceptional service officers. >> we got people o

. >> in oakland light rain coming down in china town this morning. it appeared lot of folks were prepared for today's weather. >> despite the rain california still in a drought and today governor jerry brown issued an order to deal with the conditions. this comes three months after the governor declared a state of emergency. it was meant to fight wildfires wildfires and move more waters to cities struggling with a lack of rain. governor jerry brown said the order cuts red tape to ensure it safety and well bealing of all californians. i call on everyone to conserve watt in every possible way. >>> an 84-year-old man is charged with trying to dill someone. ktvu's mike mibach is live with that as well as with the man was targeting. >> i got my hands on the criminal complaint. attempted pre-meditated murder and we are learning about a possible motive. patient trying to get revenge on a former doctor. >> reporter: courtroom 4a, no cameras allowed. inside raymond iwase charged with pre-meditated murder and felony assault with a firearm. >> when you use a gu

probably use against the fbi and the feds in their three-year investigation into leland yee and that china town bang. let's take a listen to his attorney and then a reaction from a legal expert as well. >> also raises a question of whether they did nothing, the government did nothing that they had a case they could make until towards the end they started pushing. tags started pushing this idea of the arms dealing. >> entrant is always a defense we have to consider. >> what else can you say to, you know, sort of deflect attention from the charges and to kind of put the ball back in the other side's court? >> now, that is what we're seeing today. is the defense trying to mount a public defense of what leland is accused of. the feds get the first voice. they came out with the allegations of leland yee, pay for pay. he would set up meetings. he would try to move legislation in sacramento. also, the allegation are much more serious to the public that he was willing to be involved in gun smuggling from the philippines. defense will say look, your case with leland yee was going no where until you star

he helped kill china town night market when he was the manager and rae putted gangster took out this chinese newspaper saying chew was like a corps eating vegetarian dinner. the supervisor received police protection for a couple of months after that incident so he may have a little bit more history there but i don't know that there's anything to add to their particular case. >>reporter: mean time at the federal building the arraignment continue. raymond shrimp.chow was the epitome of confidence sitting in the jury box chatting with attorney during his arraignment. the self described reform gangster charged with money laundering and dealing in stolen property. his lawyers believe most of the 29 defendants will say they were illegally entrapped by the fbi. emphasize entrapment won't be part of chow defense. >> defense theory based on the investigation we have is that there was no entrapment because didn't do anything wrong. >>reporter: also arraigned today brandon jackson. 28-year-old son of another defendant former school board president keith jackson. shown here coming to court last

he is a reputed china town gangster. he plans to have left that life behind. he and employee are among those who have been charged in the case. >> they have a little bit of a history with mr. chou because there were some issues about city funding of his organization in 2009. they opposed that funding. there were issues between them over that. >> the fbi is not requiring the supervisors to meet with agents, calling the intersaws voluntary. >>> there is something really charming about old neighborhood movie theaters. but the digital age is threatening to put these classic cinemas outs of business. kpix 5 john ramos with how one iconic theater used a modern fund raiser to upgrade its technology. >> the heat services looking pretty good these days. they cleaned it up, painted, added surround sound. what is really new is up stairs in the protection room. >> in the morning you come in, turn it on and let it warm up. at tend of the night, you turn it -- tend of the night you turn it off. >> they have been showing all movies on digital projectors. now, movies are ship

many of them wore t-shirts showing spot for the china town gang leader.ired defense attorney tony says chow has stayed out of trouble since he got out of prison 11 years ago. >> we represent exemplary human being. and i'm not talking before he went to prison. i'm talking since he got out. >> chow has a long criminal history. he served time in federal prison for racketeering and other crimes. chow faces money laundering and conspiracy charges for his alleged role in this political corruption case. leland yee's decision to withdraw from the race has given a boost to other candidates. pete peterson is now in first place in the poll with a 3% gain. and alex padilla saw a 7% jump. other candidates are trailing farther behind. >>> for the second time this week former secretary of state hillary clinton made an appearance in the bay area. clinton addressed a crowd of 5,000 people at san jose state university. she talked about her time as secretary of state and her focus on making sure that women have the opportunity to contribute to their society. >> where women

>>reporter: prosecutors agree charged him with running organized crime ring in china town and dealingen property and laundering more than two million dollars. chow back in court tomorrow where he's expected to enter a plea. vick lee, abc 7 news. >> the woman whether was in charge of the federal health care sign up web site is resig resigning. health human services secretary kathleen endured intense criticism after the disaster roll out of health care.govern. the health care negotiatetive. insiders tell us that she approached president mroos to tell that i am she wanted to step down. she will formally announce it tomorrow. officials also say the president will nominate sylvia matthews burwell director of the office of mappingment and budget to replace her. >> hillary clinton speaking at san jose state tonight but earlier this afternoon in las vegas she had to duck when woman threw a shoe at her barely missed her face. watch. >> about it was just that close. could have really hurt her. clinton was expecting at scrap metal rae cycling event and joked she didn't know solid waste managemen

the self described reform china town gangster. sarah now open chow defense team made his first appearance in court with his client. chow did not enter a plea. he's charged with money laundering and dealing in stolen property. at the arraignment more lawyers in court than there were defendants. all those we spoke with pointed to entrapment. as the main defense in a case that began 5 years ago ncaa and involved undercover fbi agents who infiltrated what the government calls an organized crime ring. >> sure teams the government was out there beating the bush and throwing a lot of money at anybody that could get, you know, to take money. >>reporter: sarah went even further with the accusations against the federal case. >> and throw in from our perspective a bit of racism, racism. we will put the government rightfully on try. we believe there's all kinds of malfeasance. >>reporter: now the next challenge for the court is setting up the investigation that resulted in the vo lump us amounts of documents, wire tap and secretly recorded co

sacramento street at stockton, in san francisco, there was an auto pedestrian accident there in china townst outside the stockton tunnel. 7:50. let's go to steve. >>> thank you sal. >> you're welcome steve. >>> nice shot here for those of you listening but not watching. let's give this credit. my goodness, it held together. talked about this yesterday, i'll be the first to admit i did not think we would get this much. this gave us more than we thought. have some totals, that's a pretty shot. thank you fellows. front's moving fast here. it's rapidly into the valley now. no reports of snow yet at least up in tahoe. there might be some further to the north. things are winding down. the rain totes were good here. thanks to everybody who sent in some. buena vista park in san francisco. and .40 to .44. officially .38 in san francisco. sausalito .40. danville, .21. and .21 in laugh yet. and sfo and concord, .2. and some of the totals, still rain. you can see where it is over highway 4 to bethel island, highway 4 wrapping back around to concord, walnut creek. hercules, crockett, not a lot but this

american hustle coming to china town.ference, hope, is that the senator got hit with an additional charge. conspiracy to commit -- engage in the selling of services for money. that's a big one because conspiracy is the catch all that prosecutors love to put out there. and the reason why if you don't commit the crime if you agree to commit the crime. if you take a step in furtherance you serve the same amount of time. he has 8 counts and the sentence is 145 years? >> 145? >> yes. >> if convicted. him getting that is small but still it is daunting you think 145 years. and if you were not to -- if he could not make the case and took any money but if he agreed to take it. it is 20 years in the slammer. it is a big deal. >> his attorney said this is entrapment. >> that's one of the thing things. you have to prove it. part of that proof is that you have no predisposition to commit a crime. you look at the affidavit and you look at that complaint and you will be hard pressed to think that when, especially with regard to the the

. >> towns are getting a boost from china. chinese companies are spending money as they send manufacturing offshower. we travel to dayton in ohio to see the effects of the investment. >> for years this vacant factory stood as a monument to economic dysfunction. dayton and neighbouring fans were dependent. when gorts pulled out -- general motors pulled out it was left with cracked asphalt, rusted great and unemployed auto workers. the language of economic development is changing. >> chinese autoglass maker is reopening the ageing eyesore with 280 million, and, for starters, 800 jobs. you can't not welcome foreign investment. if you want to grow your cities, your communities right now, you have to be open to foreign investment. our country was built on immigrants. if you are not open it immigrants now, where was your family 200 years ago. >> chinese conglomerates ants seeking to expand their footprint are the newest investors to a deal bringing a copper tubing factory to alabama. >> the largest concentration of chinese was here

kathleen and i spent time in the resort town, china's version of lake george up in new york. had 6.5 million people. these cities are not what you think, however. yes, there's a lot of drab buildings and entangled congested highways but even beijing has its lakeside neighborhoods like a grander chicago, an architect's delight. i say that as one who loves chicago. it's got a skyline that's gone up in just 4 years. five miles are still there of the old french part of town, block after block where you'd think you were somewhere in france itself. guess what, the chinese love it all. in all the big cities you see designer billboards for products from europe. it's as continental as the show piece ads here in midtown new york. i get the idea the chinese consumer likes their hamburgers from mcdonald's, their chicken and french fries from kfc, their java from starbucks but their notions of style are pure european and continental, just like us. there's a lot of booming confidence in their country over there. i can see why. the construction doesn't even stop on weekends. if you figure w

foreign investment by the future cap taups of chinese -- cap towns of chinese industry. >> my dream is to bring the business together. people in china love america. i hope the two countries can work good together. >> the tiny town lured them by offering the chinese what it had in excess supply - workers and factory place. >> we are the advantageous because of blank, we have 400,000 available and folks with a skill set. it's a great win. a lot of us see the opportunity to capitalize. the prospect has towns hoping to reopen gates like these. >> a chicago train driver has been sacked for falling asleep at the wheel, causing the train she was operating to crash. these pictures show the train jumping the tracks, travelling across the platform and coming to a stop on top of an escalator. 32 were hurt at o'hare international airport last month. >> mazda recalled 42,000 cars because of a fire risk caused by spiders. the yellow sac spider made a home for itself in the mazda six. in 2011 mazda found the insect were building webs causing fuel lacks. >> now, could former u.s. president george w. bush be the modern picasso. he unveiled an exhibi

china calls them the diaoyu island, and claimed them as their own. that led to confrontation. as he stood with japan, mr obama sought to knock down the perception he wanted to contain and knock town the rising partner of china. >> we want to encourage the peaceful rise of china. >> wednesday night-president shinzo abe treated president obama to a sushi restaurant for dinner. hanging over it, crisis in hot spots around the globe, including ukraine. the president said it appears russia is not living up to its commitments, stepping back last thursday, and he's ready to go further. >> i understand that additional sanctions may not change mr vladimir putin's calculus. that is possible. how well it changes calculus in part depend on not just us supplying sanctions but the cooperation of other countries. >>> now, formula 1 boss ek bernie ekel ston denied bribery charges, accused of giving a bribe to a banker to ease the sale of formula 1 to a private equity firm. eccleston says he's the victim of coercion, he surveyses up to 10 -- faces up to 10 years in civil if connected. >> the food and drug administration proposes to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18. it will not restr

also i was near the coast about twenty km from the center of town and in northeastern china. for years. this is where the cds contracts and dispose of trash and household waste. in china and seventy percent of the harvest is dumped into landfill sites. but they are serious concerns about groundwater pollution and whether china is reaching the limit. so yes it's all good. she wanted her to know but because of the mountain of garbage in all your current or foraging on the mountain the government has started changing how it destroys his armpits authorities have decided to introduce more incineration plants around the country a new way to proceed it has upset some people the government has implemented its policy with a heavy hand. not properly notifying residents of the contents. he stays nice for moral conscience of pollution and produce and plants are springing up across the country. the group in beijing or opposes the construction of integration plans. the season for government plans to build incinerator is close to sinking of the sand. these people in a couple of years of hei

. >> she was from a very, very rural town in china. she was an unwanted child by her family.ally didn't want a girl. she was treated like domestic slave growing up anyway. and an uncle came to her and said, i have an idea. why don't you work at this really fancy restaurant in new york city. you'll make all this money and you'll be so happy and rich and you won't have to worry about anything. and all you have to do is pay the woman $2,000. so of course, she didn't have 2,000 u.s. dollars. so a woman comes and meets her and says i'll loan you the money. she gets over here on a fake passport and then she is told, you just entered the country illegally with a fake passport. you'll get arrested and put in jail forever. she is told if you want to pay it back you can work 20 years in my restaurant or i can let you work in this massage and it will only take you a year. she gets there. the doors close. there's barbed wire. and she is told actually you'll have sex with these men. if you don't do it, here's a picture of your brother at university right now and something will happen to h